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> [First of all you must understand that practising martial arts means studying a certain oriental philosophy of life, otherwise it's merely a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-brown/first-of-all-you-must-understand-that-practising-martial-arts-means/)

[William C. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-brown/)

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> [The Oriental philosophy approaches easily loftier themes than the modern aspires to; and no wonder if it sometimes prattle about them. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-oriental-philosophy-approaches-easily-loftier-themes-than-the/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [It is one thing to teach a dynamic Oriental philosophy and religious code; it is quite another to put such a discipline…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/it-is-one-thing-to-teach-a-dynamic-oriental-philosophy-and-religious/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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