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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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More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to.
— Bill Bryson
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It sometimes seems that we have only to love a thing greatly to get it.
— Robert Collier
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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…
— Laozi
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It sometimes seems that we live as if we wonder when life is going to begin. It isn't always clear just what…
— Richard L. Evans
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Nothing in nature is as simple as it sometimes seems when reduced to words.
— Hal Borland
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If our shallow, self-critical culture sometimes seems to lack a sense of the numinous or spiritual it's only in the same way…
— Grant Morrison
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In history and in life one sometimes seems to glimpse a ferocious law which states: to he that has, will be given;…
— Primo Levi
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Although I am even now still a layman in the area of mathematics, and although I lack theoretical knowledge, the mathematicians, and…
— M.C. Escher
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Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems that we…
— Ronald Blythe
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It sometimes seems as if curbing entropy is our quixotic purpose in this universe.
— James Gleick
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Another Quarter Pounder sometimes seems like a good idea- but I always regret later. Only in hindsight do we see how God…
— Unknown Author
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The truth frequently seems unreasonable; the truth frequently is depressing; the truth sometimes seems to be evil, but it has the eternal…
— Henry Ford
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