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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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Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss…
— Charles Babbage
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In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us…
— Jean Baudrillard
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I do not love to work out, but if I stick to exercising every day and put the right things in my…
— Halle Berry
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I'm not a fanatic about exercising. For me, it's about moderation and balance.
— Halle Berry
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I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually…
— Jo Brand
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Eating ice cream and not exercising is great. The downside is your health isn't so good.
— Jeff Bridges
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
— Edmund Burke
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I used to be able to slim down just by exercising more, but that's changed.
— Mariah Carey
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While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from…
— Lewis Carroll
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A social fact is every way of acting, fixed or not, capable of exercising on the individual an external constraint; or again,…
— Emile Durkheim
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No man can fight his way to the top and stay at the top without exercising the fullest measure of grit, courage,…
— B. C. Forbes
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Far too many bodybuilders spend too much time exercising the smaller muscle groups such as the biceps at the expense of the…
— Unknown Author
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