【Recommended Reading】One should live a honorable life!

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【Recommended Reading】One should live a honorable life! 　　Be an honest person and do things in an upright manner. 　　Major taboos in life: Deception, fraud, abduction, trickery, and theft. 　　The worst things in life are: eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling, and smoking. 　　I won’t say harsh or cruel words, nor will I do things that harm others for my own benefit. 　　If a person is kind, everyone wants to be by your side ； 　　If a person is malicious, everyone will distance themselves from you. 　　While alive, don’t deceive others. 　　A lie is like a knife, 　　piercing the heart of those who trust you; 　　the more pain it causes, the worse! 　　Trust is like water – once it becomes cloudy, it can never be made clear again. 　　Trust is a mirror; once broken, it’s hard to repair. 　　If a person is honest, everyone will be willing to trust them; if they are dishonest, everyone will give up on them. 　　While living, don’t scheme against others. 　　Always trying to outwit others will surely bring endless troubles and suffering; always seeking to take advantage of others for personal gain will inevitably lead to fading relationships and distant hearts. 　　Those who are willing to suffer losses will not truly suffer in the end; if people do not repay, heaven will. Those who know how to be generous will not lose in the end – by tolerating temporarily, they gain goodwill for life. 　　Being too cunning in life leads to no way out; being too strict results in having no friends to rely on. 　　Being too malicious in life means having no way out. 　　Being too cruel will bring no good fortune in the future. 　　Being too wicked makes one unpopular. 　　Being too harsh in life means no one will treat you well. 　　Being too deceitful makes no one want to be around you. 　　Being too slick makes no one want to associate with you. 　　Being a person: Keep conscience in your heart, and uphold virtue at your side. 　　Whether it’s love or friendship, if you lose your sincerity, forget to be grateful, and lose integrity, then you are nothing at all! 　　As long as one is human, one must live up to those fundamental principles that hold us upright in life! (Source: The Four Teachings of Liaofan)