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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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John Howard has gone a bridge too far by not going far enough
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Going on means going far, going far means returning.
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My eyes already touch the sunny hill. Going far ahead of the road I have begun. So we are grasped by what…
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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Life is not all fun and easy going. Far from it; there are many rough times. But, sadly, we too often let…
— Norman Vincent Peale
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A garter. You’re supposed to take it off and keep it as a memento. K-k-kinda like a trophy for going far sexually…
— Simone Elkeles
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You said you're going far away," Tamaru said. "How far away are we talking about?" "It's a distance that can't be measured."…
— Haruki Murakami
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We all have to decide how we are going to fail, by not going far enough or by going too far.
— Sumner Redstone
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There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed.
— Kate Douglas Wiggin
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Relationships don't break by going far, neither does it grow by staying close. It's pretty complex to understand yet so simple when…
— Aaron Chan
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I don't know what you were goin for,Always thought this was going far.Yeah, from the start,might of thought you fell from the…
— Unknown Author
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I guess I'll always stop and see you, and we'll run into each others lives. yeah, I guess. although it tears me…
— Alkaline Trio
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Are the new crops standing tall pushing up towards God? Or are their roots going far into what's left of the old…
— Stanley Victor Paskavich
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