- Friendship
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Desire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
- Heaven
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020
Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
- Govern
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
- Land
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land.
- Greater
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
- Great Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous.
- Nov 07, 2020
Sincerity is the way to heaven.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
- His
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- Nov 07, 2020
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue.
- Mountains
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- Nov 07, 2020
A trail through the mountains, if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like fish, and I also like bear's paws. If I cannot have the two together, I will let the fish go, and take the bear's paws. So, I like life, and I also like righteousness. If I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go, and choose righteousness.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least.
- Head
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- Nov 07, 2020