"A foolish man is always doing, Yet much…" — Laozi
"A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done."
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1,065 Quotes by Laozi
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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they…
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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…
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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…
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He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the…
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He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes…
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Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have…
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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…
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Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And…
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The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know…
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Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be…
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The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he…
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Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
— Jane Austen
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I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. In…
— Lucille Ball
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Even in the centuries which appear to us to be the most monstrous and foolish, the immortal appetite for beauty…
— Charles Baudelaire
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Years of happiness can be lost in the foolish gratification of a momentary desire for pleasure.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
— Ambrose Bierce
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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
— Aeschylus
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Coming back to your native land after an absence of many years is a surprisingly unsettling business, a little like…
— Bill Bryson
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Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here…
— Thomas Carlyle
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To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.
— Cher
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Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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