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A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.

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The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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Freedom Men Pet
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
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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Artist Job Power
All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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Divine Failure Perfection Philosophy Right
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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Compassion Feeling Humanity
The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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Path Philosophy Truth Way
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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Ability Change Sincere
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
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Kindness Men Reputation

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