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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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He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue.
— Mark Twain
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A warrior feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. But above all he…
— David Gemmell
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If a man is after money, he's money mad; if he keeps it, he's a capitalist; if he spends it, he's a…
— Unknown Author
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Due to his own original special nature, the Jew cannot possess a religious institution, if for no other reason because he lacks…
— Adolf Hitler
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Every theory of love, from Plato down teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself.
— G. Stanley Hall
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Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices.
— Teresa of Avila
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Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do. He who does…
— Soren Kierkegaard
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He lacks much who has no aptitude for idleness.
— Louise Wilder
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No matter how brilliant a man may be, he will never engender confidence in his subordinates and associates if he lacks simple…
— J. Lawton Collins
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Fight the enemy with the weapons he lacks.
— Alexander Suvorov
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He who holds on to the Way seeks no excess. Since he lacks excess, he can grow old in no need to…
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Nothing about his life is more strange to [man] or more unaccountable in purely mundane terms than the stirrings he finds in…
— Lewis Mumford
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