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A person bereft of sincerity is like the facial makeup a woman wears; everything he does is mere empty show.
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The fickleness of human relationships is more striking among the rich than among the poor.
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Some men claim they are too late in discerning their selfish desires and lack the strength to conquer them.
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When we consider that the merits which we benefit from today were earned by our forefathers, we should reflect on the difficulties they had to undergo in order to acquire those merits.
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If you are able to keep quiet in a noiseless place, that kind of quietness does not count for much; only the quietness that is obtained from hard work accords completely with man’s nature.
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When at leisure do not let precious time slip idly by. You will discover the great value of such advice in your busy days.
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It is better to safeguard what you have already accomplished than to crave for exploits of the future.
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Once greed and selfishness dominate a man’s mind, his previously steel-like nature will become soft and weak; his intelligence will become blocked and dulled; his benevolent nature will become vicious; his pure spirit will become muddied; and the virtue he has accumulated over a lifetime will become dissipated.