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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle…
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Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled.…
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Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth;…
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He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of…
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He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes and kings…
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Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I…
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What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven…
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Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And if a…
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The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know how to…
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Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the…
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The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he does not…
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My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. ... (when asked who wrote 'Some Enchanted Evening') Rodgers and Hammerstein, if…
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I do not know its name. I call it the Way. For the lack of better words I call it great.
— Laozi
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I have searched all night and day for new and better words that could express my feelings and fear for the people…
— Killer Mike
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Filthy language is used by people who don't have the maturity or intelligence to express themselves with better words.
— Nouman Ali Khan
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No better words than "thank you" have yet been discovered to express the sincere gratitude of one's heart; when the two words…
— Alfred Armand Montapert
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There is many a man without learning will get the better of a college-bred man, and will have better words, too.
— Lady Gregory
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes.
— Cole Porter
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Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don’t know the ten-dollar words. I know…
— Ernest Hemingway
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In the library I felt better, words you could trust and look at till you understood them, they couldn't change half way…
— Jeanette Winterson
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I love you," she whispered. Richard pulled her tight against him. His fingers traced a trail down the bumps of her spine.…
— Terry Goodkind
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No time for better words, no time to unsay anything. -Til We Have Faces
— C.S. Lewis
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We are made up of words... Words spoken by those who walked in life before us Dad, Mom, Uncles. Aunts, Preachers, Teachers,…
— Marv Stark
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