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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 poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.
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Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.
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Homicide, /n./ The slaying of one human by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it…
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Ruthless man: you begin by slaying the animal and then you devour it, as if to slay it twice. It is not…
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I'd definitely be into doing some zombie slaying music. That'd be cool.
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Be grateful. By slaying you now, I spare you an eternity of torment.
— Lucian
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THE ART OF PEACE is not easy. It is a fight to the finish, the slaying of evil desires and all falsehood…
— Morihei Ueshiba
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The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.
— Laozi
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Brother killing brother, father slaying son. From the looks of this old graveyard, hell nobody really won.
— Darryl Worley
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Calumny is like the wasp which worries you, and which it is not best to try to get rid of unless you…
— Nicolas Chamfort
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The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
— Thomas Huxley
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Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant, Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon, Harry Potter…
— A. N. Wilson
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