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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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A brain you can convince, a simpleton you have to persuade.
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With the enormous and steady increase in the volume of our literature, we must rely more and more upon sympathetic selection, judicious…
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I know enough about Satan to realize that he will have all his weapons ready for determined opposition. He would be a missionary…
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These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose and cherish: to care, to be fair, to be humble.
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One is not unpopular because he uses peculiar expressions; that just so happens; such terms become a fad, and by and by…
— Soren Kierkegaard
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I am a simpleton at heart. In my personal life, I don't wear makeup.
— Bipasha Basu
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He was uncomplicated and upbeat and easy. At one point, I might have thought these traits made him a simpleton, but now…
— Emily Giffin
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Any simpleton can speak with confidence. Sometimes the greatest fools have the most bravado.
— Brandon Mull
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And if they don't believe us, I can give them the ghost eyes, you can go all big and threatening, Farmer can…
— Tamora Pierce
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The difference between a simpleton and an intelligent man, according to the man who is convinced that he is of the latter…
— R.K. Narayan
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One more minute of this, and she’d be a certifiable simpleton.
— Tessa Dare
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The most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a…
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