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The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.

Mencius

The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
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
Never lose your child’s heart.
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Children Heart One Liner
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
The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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Confidence Family Foundation Nation World
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.
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Himself Love Respect
The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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Advice People Talk
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
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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Enemy Government Love
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
All things are complete within ourselves.
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One Liner Perfection
In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Abundance Money One Liner Scarcity
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
All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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Deep Desire People Philosophy

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