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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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The truth is, the Science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the Brain and the Fancy:…
— Robert Hooke
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[In the Royal Society, there] has been, a constant Resolution, to reject all the amplifications, digressions, and swellings of style: to return…
— Thomas Sprat
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One ought not to be unkind to a woman merely on account of her plainness, any more than one had a right…
— Murasaki Shikibu
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It wasn't until I had performed by first autopsy that I realized that even the drabest human exteriors could contain the most…
— John B. S. Haldane
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Trust a girl of sixteen for knowing well if she is pretty; concerning her plainness she may be ignorant.
— Elizabeth Gaskell
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If Beauty is excuse enough for Being, it sure takes Plainness then to feel the real necessity for—Doing.
— Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
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Be neat, Philothea; let nothing be negligent about you. It is a kind of contempt of those with whom we converse, to…
— Saint Francis de Sales
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The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity.
— William Strunk, Jr.
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