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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.

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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
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Body Friendship Oneself
He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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Love Reaction Respect Treat
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
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Choice Himself Rich
He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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Himself Mind Nature
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
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
So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.
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Choice Justice Right Togetherness
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
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
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
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit

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