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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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The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
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On the European Front the most important development of the past year has been the crushing offensive of the Great Armies of…
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The very existence of armaments and great armies psychologically accustoms us to accept the philosophy of militarism. They inevitably increase fear and…
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When great armies go to war, Sorrow is the sole winner.
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It has not fallen to your lot to command great armies. You had to create them, organize them and inspire them.
— Winston Churchill
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As long as this great army of workers is scattered among so many craft unions, it will be impossible for them to…
— Eugene V. Debs
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War is not two great armies meeting in the clash and frenzy of battle. War is a boy being carried on a…
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Two armies at death-grips — that is one great army committing suicide.
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Each letter of the alphabet is a steadfast loyal soldier in a great army of words, sentences, paragraphs, and stories. One letter…
— Vera Nazarian
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And what have we now in Germany? A land of bankers and car-makers. Even our great army has gone soft. Soldiers wear…
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The conflicting missions of the two armies seemed to have no fog, no gray, only black-and-white clarity. I had lived my life…
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