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If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.

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The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
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Attempt Erson Get Nowhere Once Road Travel
Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.
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Anybody Conflicts Convention Follow Give led Nature Quarrel Rule Society State
I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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Climb Could Far Farther Found High Once Out Place See Stand Toe Tries
In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men’s nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.
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Antiquity Bad Control Correct Lawlessness Nature Sagem Recognize Tendency
Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
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Bring Disaster Excess Man Pride
The nature of man is evil; what is good in him is artificial.
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Artificial Good Man Nature
Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
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Concern Devotion Feel Longing Sacrifice
Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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Cause Goodness Human Intentional Moment Nature Study
Thus, that one can find no place to walk through the breadth of the earth is not because the earth is not tranquil but because the danger to every step of the traveler lies generally with words.
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Breath Danger Earth Place Step Transit
The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one’s inner power.
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Coming Disgrace Honor Inner Must One Power Reflection
Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.
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Emotional Fantasy Fundamental Harmony Human Integrity Music Peacemaker REquired World
Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.
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Against Animosity Character Mean Rouse Vicious
When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.
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Activity Agriculture Concentrate Frugal Industry Moderate Rest Sharp
If you wish to see the thousand years, look at today; if you wish to understand the millionfold, then look at the one or the two.
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Look Millionfold One Thousand Today Two Understand Wish Year
The noble person uses things; the lesser man is used by things.
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Lesser Man Nobel Person Thing Use
Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people’s emotional nature.
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Cold Fill Human Nature Hungry Now One Rest Tired Wantmwam

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