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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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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
— Francis Bacon
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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die.
— Nelson Mandela
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When a man but half forgives his enemy, it is like leaving a bag of rusty nails to interpose between them.
— Hugh Latimer
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Whoever commits a crime strengthens his enemy.
— Daniel O'Connell
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The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
— Tertullian
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Of old the expert in battle would first make himself invincible and then wait for his enemy to expose his vulnerability.
— Sun Tzu
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Why are we proud? We are proud, first of all, because from the beginning of this Nation, a man can walk upright,…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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It is an undeniable privilege of every man to prove himself right in the thesis that the world is his enemy; for…
— George F. Kennan
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Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
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You got to have an enemy to fight. And when you have an enemy to fight, then you can unite the entire…
— Glenn Beck
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It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
— Gautama Buddha
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