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“Favour and disgrace would seem equally to be feared; honour and great calamity, to be regarded as personal conditions (of the same kind).” quote by Lao Tzu — Download Open image

““Favour and disgrace would seem equally to be feared; honour and great calamity, to be regarded as personal conditions (of the same kind).””

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