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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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The society of merchants can be defined as a society in which things disappear in favor of signs. When a ruling class…
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Happiness, I think, lies on the surface... when one plunges under the surface all the buoyant things disappear, and the farther down…
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How very near us stand the two vast gulfs of time, the past and the future, in which all things disappear.
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Good luck and believe me, dearest Doc - it's better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place;…
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Some things are forgotten, some things disappear, some things die.
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...that's how memory works ... Things disappear without your permission, then come back again without your permission.
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