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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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A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.
— Richard Burton
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There will be hoards of vampire bats descending on Beverly Hills.... We'll see if they can find any real flesh to puncture.…
— Lucy Lawless
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A kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards…
— Gautama Buddha
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Memory is a crazy woman who hoards colored rags and throws away food.
— Austin O'Malley
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He who hoards much loses much.
— Laozi
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Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.
— Edward Dahlberg
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Fear is energy which contracts, closes down, draws in, runs, hides, hoards, harms. Love is the energy which expands, opens up, sends…
— Neale Donald Walsch
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The squirrel hoards nuts and the bee gathers honey, without knowing what they do, and they are thus provided for without selfishness…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton…
— Benjamin Disraeli
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Sometimes he spent hours together in the great libraries of Paris, those catacombs of departed authors, rummaging among their hoards of dusty…
— Washington Irving
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..........books are yours, Within whose silent chambers treasure lies Preserved from age to age; more precious far Than that accumulated store of…
— William Wordsworth
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FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. The Maker, at Creation's birth, With living things had stocked the earth. From…
— Ambrose Bierce
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