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Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.

Mencius

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
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
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
Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.
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Alone Enough Exercise Government Law Practice Virtue
Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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Destiny Development Heaven Mindset
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that does not flow downward.
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Goodness Human Humanity Men Nature Water
When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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Greatness Heaven Suffering
The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Path View Virtue
I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
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Avoid Danger Death Myself
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
Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
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Deep Evil Goodness Negative Perspective Philosophy Spiritual
If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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Deep Feeling Human People Philosophy Spiritual

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