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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 ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are…
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So long as men desire to live together, no man may initiate the use of physical force against others. . . .…
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It is part of the moral tragedy with which we are dealing that words like 'democracy,' 'freedom,' 'rights,' 'justice,' which have so…
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I lisp. My eyes disappear when I smile. My voice is funny. I don't sing like Judy Garland. I don't dance like…
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
— Sallust
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Whatever may be open to disagreement, there is one act of evil that may not, the act that no man may commit…
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If any two men desire the same thing, which nevertheless they cannot both enjoy, they become enemies.
— Thomas Hobbes
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All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.
— Thomas a Kempis
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If you want to know the one reason that's taking me back, I'll tell you: I cannot bring myself to abandon to…
— Ayn Rand
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In religion, India is the only millionaire... the One land that all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even…
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All men desire to free themselves solely from death; they do not know how to free themselves from life.
— Laozi
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