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" 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. "
Mountains
Time
Grass
" Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others. "
Others
Oneself
Duty
" 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. "
Negative
Good
Evil
" Friends are the siblings God never gave us. "
Friends
Us
Never
" Friendship is one mind in two bodies. "
Bodies
Friendship
Mind
" Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue. "
His
Virtue
Man
" He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man. "
Great Man
Great
Small
" If Confucius wasn't born, the long night would have no bright lamp. "
Born
Night
Long
" If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land. "
Little
Land
King
" 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. "
Will
Two
Together
" It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families. "
Difficult
Offend
Noble
" Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness. "
Enter
Kindness
Reputation
" Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do. "
Ought
Will
Free
" 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. "
Desire
Stupid
Right
" Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not. "
Man
Mankind
Heaven
" Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things. "
Doing
Will
Man
" People can have a long-term life plan only if they know their private property is secure. "
Property
Life
Know
" Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind. "
Secure
Property
Peace
" Sincerity is the way to heaven. "
Sincerity
Way
Heaven
" The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart. "
He
Great Man
Great
" 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. "
Important
Spirits
Land
" There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination. "
Than
Conscious
Sincerity
" The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head. "
Family
Person
Root
" Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous. "
Truth
Dangerous
Time
" Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital. "
Right
Protection
Will
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