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

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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
The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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Easy Journey Lying Men Philosophy Seek Way
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
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
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
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
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
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 ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
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Compassion Love
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
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Oneself Understand
Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Equality Heaven People See
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
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
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
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Attitude Greatness Person Spirit
Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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Character Kindness Men

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