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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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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.

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He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.

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Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.

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When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.

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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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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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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.

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Sincerity is the way of Heaven.

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The great man is he who does not lose his child-heart.

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All men have the mind which cannot bear [to see the suffering of] others.

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