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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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The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
— Horace
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A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.
— William Shenstone
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The human spirit may be likened to the bounty of the sun shining on a mirror. The body of man, ... grows…
— Abdu'l-Bahá
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Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high…
— Laozi
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Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. Sometimes it…
— James Boswell
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Do not believe that man grows. No: he is born suddenly-a word, in a moment, penetrates his heart to a new throb.…
— Ghassan Kanafani
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In the world as I have seen it, no man grows rich by kindness.
— George R. R. Martin
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I believe that the horrifying deterioration in the ethical conduct of people today stems from the mechanization and dehumanization of our lives.…
— Albert Einstein
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As civilization advances, man grows unconscious of the primitive elements of life; he is separated from them by his perfection of material…
— Charles Lindbergh
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In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs.
— Friedrich Schiller
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Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable…
— Francois Rabelais
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