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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 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
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
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
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
The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Children Greatness Heart Man Wisdom
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
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
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
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Difficult Evil Men Seek
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
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Authority Difficult Family Government
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil Heaven Men Reality
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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Heaven Sincere
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
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere

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

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