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Man Quotes by Laozi
- How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
- When armies are mobilized and issues joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will always win.
- Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and…
- By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the…
- The wise man, after learning something new, is afraid to learn anything more until he has put his first lesson into practice.
- A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from…
- For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.
- The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first.
- Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if…
- How can a man's life keep it's course If he will not let it flow, Those who flow as life flows know They need no…
- Man, when living, is soft and tender; when dead, he is hard and tough. All animals and plants when living are tender and delicate; when…
- Once upon a time a man whose ax was missing suspected his neighbor's son. The boy walked like a thief, looked like a thief and…
- A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At death, they…
- A sound man is good at salvage, at seeing nothing is lost
- The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
- The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling.
- If Heaven and Earth are unable to persist, how could man?
- Man is ruled by Earth. Earth is ruled by Heaven. Heaven is ruled by the Way. The Way is ruled by itself.
- A tree as wide as a man's embrace grows from a tiny shoot.
- Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
- The wise man looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is near; for he…
- He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest…
- A man's excellence is like that of water; It benefits all things without striving; It takes to the low places shunned by men. Water is…
- What honor can there be without humility? What heights can be reached without being low? The pieces of a chariot are useless unless the work…
- The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. He knows that he is going to die, and her has nothing left to hold…
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle