Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and knowledge are not infused into us from without.
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
- Topic: Friendship, Virtue
- Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
The people turn to a benevolent rule as water flows downwards, and as wild beasts fly to the wilderness.
Benevolence is man’s mind, and righteousness is man’s path.
The compass and the square produce perfect circles and squares. By the sages, the human relations are perfectly exhibited.
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