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

Mencius

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
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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Duty Responsibility Roots
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation
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
Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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Character Eyes Hide Men Word
Human nature is disposed to do good.
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Goodness Human Nature One Liner Spirituality
The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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Easy Men Philosophy Seek Way
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
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Greatness Men
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
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
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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Animal Humanity People Water Wild
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth

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