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If you love life, the fear of death.
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The war is not so expensive that bondage.
Practice | Usefulness | Virtue | Virtue |
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Vice foments war; it is virtue which actually fights. If there were no virtue, we would live in peace forever.
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High place is quick to educate high minds.
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We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
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It cannot be right if it is not human.
Tommaso Campanella, baptized Giovanni Domenico Campanella
So that the wise men were obliged to rule themselves like lunatics to shun grim death, seeing the biggest maniac now was king.
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Excessive distrust is not less hurtful than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived.
Vice |
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Our opinion of others is not so variable as our opinion of ourselves.
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Passions have taught men passion.
Opinion |
Hung Tzu-ch'eng, also Hong Zicheng or Hóng Zìchéng, born Hong Yingming
When you are still plowing fields ahead, make a point of being open-minded, and there will be no murmuring among others. After your life is over, its blessings will flow for a long time, giving contentment to people in their thoughts.