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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 best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
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Dream Friendship Life Material Memories
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.
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Goodness Man Reality
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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Leadership Men Spirituality
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Honesty Time Truth
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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Avoid Destroy Hate Man
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
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 man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men
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 myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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Happiness Joy Reflection Sincere
A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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Character Existence Men Shame
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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
Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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Hands Respect World

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

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