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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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We are many small puppets moved by fate and fortune through strings unseen by us; therefore, if it is so as I…
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Democracy, as I understand it, requires me to sacrifice myself for the masses, not to them. Who knows not that if you…
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What makes books - and with them writers - so dangerous that church and state, politburos and the mass media feel the…
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What you are saying is true of those who want everything to give way to them, nothing to oppose them, everything to…
— Vincent de Paul
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Bosses are no more inevitable in state and local governments than dictators are in national governments. They will arise and prosper, nevertheless,…
— Charles Edison
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Water benefits the ten thousand things and does not oppose them.
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As for myself, I do not believe that such a person as Jesus Christ ever existed; but as the people are inclined…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The questions most furiously discussed are those which have in them a basis of truth, and yet a large admixture of errors.…
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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You say that your hope is in God, and he will, I am sure, stand by you. But you must not forget…
— Knute Nelson
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