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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.

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Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
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Death Freedom
Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
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Born Fall Men Philosophy Spirituality Spring
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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Heaven Men Thinking
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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Advice People Talk
To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.
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Act Ignorance Leadership Life Understand
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
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Decision Men Vigor
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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Heaven Mind Nature Understand
He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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Love Reaction Respect Treat
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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Country Greatness Strong Weakness
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect

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