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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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Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought…
— Ambrose Bierce
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The greatest of all the Sioux in my time, or in any time for that matter, was that wonderful old fighting man,…
— Buffalo Bill
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The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Capitalism is an art form, an Apollonian fabrication to rival nature. It is hypocritical for feminists and intellectuals to enjoy the pleasures…
— Camille Paglia
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Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due.
— Justinian I
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They proclaim that every man is entitled to exist without labor and, the laws of reality to the contrary notwithstanding, is entitled…
— Ayn Rand
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The sage honors his part of the settlement, but does not exact his due from others.
— Laozi
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The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice. It is…
— William Booth
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Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can only be sustained by a spirit of…
— Reinhold Niebuhr
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Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a…
— Sheri S. Tepper
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Justice is a habit (habitus), whereby a man renders to each one his due with constant and perpetual will.
— Josef Pieper
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