Great people and good people

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Great people

Are

Promise-jugglers.

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2.

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Good people

Are

Promise-cradlers.

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3.

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Great people

Smuggle. ```

4.

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Good people

Struggle. ```

5.

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Great people

Talk. ```

6.

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Good people

Act. ```

7.

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Great people

Have many mouths. ```

8.

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Good people

Have only one mouth

And one heart.

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9.

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Great people

Estimate

World-sufferings.

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10.

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Good people

Carry

World-sufferings.

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11.

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Great people

Have great sayings. ```

12.

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Good people

Have God's Blessings. ```

13.

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Great people

Are

World-leaners.

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14.

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Good people

Are

World-lifters.

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15.

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Great people

Have a strong voice. ```

16.

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Good people

Have a true choice. ```

17.

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Great people

Think that they have. ```

18.

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Good people

Know that they are. ```

19.

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Great people

Think that good thoughts

Are experimental.

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20.

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Good people

Know that good thoughts

Are essential.

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21.

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Great people

Are

Heart-bankruptcy.

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22.

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Good people

Are

Heart-ecstasy.

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23.

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Great people

Intimidate. ```

24.

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Good people

Intimate. ```

25.

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Great people say,

"O world,

Walk behind me."

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26

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Good people say,

"O world,

Walk inside my heart-garden."

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27.

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Great people

Challenge darkness —

That's all.

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28.

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Good people

Fully illumine darkness —

Completely illumine.

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29.

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Great people

Are

Greatness-madness.

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30.

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Good people

Are

Sweetness-oneness.

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31.

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Great people

Think

They are fault-free.

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32.

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Good people

Feel

They are fault-prone.

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33.

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Great people

Do not remember

Their misdeeds.

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34.

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Good people

Do not remember

Their good deeds.

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35.

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Great people

Are at times

Reality-strangers.

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36.

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Good people

Are always

Reality-embracers.

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37.

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Great people

Are

Self-esteemed possessors.

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38.

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Good people

Are

Self-esteemed renouncers.

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39.

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Great people

Do not want to face

The truth.

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40.

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Good people

Want to fence

The truth.

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41.

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Great people

Ignore facts. ```

42.

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Good people

Adore facts. ```

43.

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Great people

Dread

Excellence-sincerity-road.

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44.

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Good people

Tread

Excellence-sincerity-road.

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45.

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Great people

Are

Truth-devourers.

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46.

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Good people

Are

Truth-discoverers.

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47.

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Great people

Try to lengthen

Their fame.

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48.

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Good people

Try to strengthen

God's Name.

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49.

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Great people

Destroy their enemies. ```

50.

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Good people

Pray for their enemies. ```

51.

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Great people

Like to control

The world.

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52.

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Good people

Love to extol

The world.

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53.

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Great people

Want to be judged

By their words.

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54.

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Good people

Want to be judged

By their deeds.

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55.

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Great people think

Sincerity has

A foreign accent.

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56.

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Good people think

Sincerity's accent

Is perfect.

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57.

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Great people

Export pride. ```

58.

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Good people

Import love. ```

59.

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Great people

Love to play

Self-defence-game.

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60.

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Good people

Love to play

Truth-defence-game.

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61.

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Great people

Have

Complexity-minds.

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62.

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Good people

Have

Simplicity-hearts.

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63.

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Great people

Love

Success-broadcast.

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64.

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Good people

Love

Progress-mast.

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65.

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Great people

Have no time

To listen.

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66.

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Good people

Have Eternity

To listen.

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67.

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Great people

Are

Self-contradictions.

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68.

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Good people

Are

Self-improvements.

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69.

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Great people

Know

How to praise themselves.

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70.

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Good people

Know

How to efface themselves.

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71.

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Great people

Chase happiness. ```

72.

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Good people

Trace happiness. ```

73.

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Great people

Are

Equality-strangers.

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74.

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Good people

Are

Equality-adorers.

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75.

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Who can please

Great people?

Nobody!

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76.

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Who can please

Good people?

Everybody.

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77.

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Great people

Take promise

As a dictionary word.

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78.

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Good people

Take promise

As a fully blossoming heart-tree.

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79.

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Great people,

When they say they cannot,

Mean they will not.

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80.

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Good people,

When they say they can,

Mean they have already

Started doing it. ```

81.

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Great people accept,

Suspect and inspect

Their friends.

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82.

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Good people accept,

Welcome and treasure

Their friends.

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83.

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Great people

Do everything

Powerfully.

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84.

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Good people

Do everything

Gracefully.

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85.

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Great people

Speak well

Only of the dead.

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86.

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Good people

Speak well

Of the living and the dead alike.

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87.

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Great people

Scare the audience. ```

88.

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Good people

Treasure the audience. ```

89.

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Great people

Are self-impressions. ```

90.

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Good people

Are love-expressions. ```

91.

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Great people

Do not change

Their opinions.

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92.

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Good people

Value

The world-opinion.

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93.

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Great people

Keep questioning

The world.

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94.

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Good people

Keep giving

To the world.

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95.

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Great people

Are apt

To misuse their power.

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96.

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Good people

Are apt

To spread their love.

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97.

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Great people think

The exercise of power

Is beautiful.

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98.

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Good people think

The exercise of love

Is not only beautiful

But also fruitful. ```

99.

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Great people

Want to be nominated. ```

100.

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Good people

Wish to be communicated. ```

101.

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Great people

Are self-edifiers. ```

102.

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Good people

Are self-sacrificers. ```

103.

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Great people

Are loud drums. ```

104.

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Good people

Are sweet flutes. ```

105.

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Great people

Are

Victory-hungry minds.

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106.

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Good people

Are

World-harmony-hungry lives.

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107.

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Sound-pride attracts

Great people. ```

108.

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Silence-delight attracts

Good people. ```

109.

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Great people

Command

Immediate enemy-surrender.

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110.

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Good people

Leave their heart-door

Wide open

To welcome their enemies. ```

111.

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Great people

Take years

To build world-trust.

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112.

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Good people

Live

In world-trust.

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113.

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To great people,

Life is, indeed,

A battlefield.

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114.

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To good people,

Life is, indeed,

A garden.

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115.

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Great people

Are God's Life. ```

116.

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Good people

Are God's Heart. ```

117.

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Great people

Know everything. ```

118.

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Good people

Know only one thing:

Goodness of the heart.

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119.

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Great people

Have a suspicion-torturing

And tortured mind.

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120.

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Good people

Have a belief-treasuring

And belief-treasured heart.

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121.

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Fleeting

Is the gratitude-breath

Of the great people.

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122.

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Everlasting

Is the gratitude-breath

Of the good people.

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123.

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I say to great people,

"Wake up!"

And to good people,

"Spread out!" ```

124.

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A great person

Can easily and unmistakably become

A good person

When his mind's fulness-supremacy

Surrenders

To his heart's oneness-ecstasy. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Great people and good people, Agni Press, 2001
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