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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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Our first and last love is self-love.
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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You cannot go outside of A and Z in the realm of literature; likewise Christ Jesus is First and Last of God's…
— Theodore Austin-Sparks
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But America was built by optimists. Optimists like my friend Amanda, who recently started a small business. When she went to buy…
— Eva Longoria
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The first and last lesson of religion is, 'The things that are seen are temporal; the things that are not seen are…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Some writers, rejecting the idea which science had reached, that reefs of rocks could be due in any way to "animalcules," have…
— James Dwight Dana
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"Taste is not only a part and index of morality, it is the only morality. The first, and last, and closest trial…
— John Ruskin
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It is always the first and last steps that are the hardest to take. We walk away and try not to turn…
— Dinaw Mengestu
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Accept your place in the sun as it was originally before the creation of this world... The black man is the first…
— Elijah Muhammad
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Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.
— Charles Simmons
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And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first…
— Plato
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As the President has indicated, my life has been a life of travel - for 60 years constantly moving over the wide…
— John Mott
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First and last follow each other.
— Laozi
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