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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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I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities. Whatever authority I have as a commenter on this world comes from the sheer…
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When superior people hear of the Way, they carry it out with diligence. When middling people hear of the Way, it sometimes…
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The sand should be neither coarse nor fine but of a middling quality or about the size of the common pop(p)y seed.…
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Behind every door on every ordinary street, in every hut in every ordinary village in this middling planet of a trivial star,…
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
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Two people can have a middling day, but one rounds up and the other rounds down.
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Blondes have the hottest kisses. Red-heads are fair-to-middling torrid, and brunettes are the frigidest of all. It's something to do with hormones,…
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If you have to make mistakes, make them good and big, don't be middling if you can help it.
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