"Do not strive for the shine of jade,…" — Laozi
"Do not strive for the shine of jade, but clatter like stone."
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1,065 Quotes by Laozi
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More Clatter Quotes
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one of 26 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The time of business does not differ with me from the time of prayer; and in the noise and clatter…
— Brother Lawrence
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The clatter of arms drowns out the voice of law.
— Michel de Montaigne
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If you ask me to tell you anything about the nature of what lies beyond the phaneron… my answer is…
— Martin Gardner
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Now the noisy winds are still; April's coming up the hill! All the spring is in her train, Led by…
— Mary Mapes Dodge
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And the betrayers of language ...... n and the press gang And those who had lied for hire; The perverts,…
— Ezra Pound
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The wind kicks in stronger, branches clatter. Or maybe skeletons. Bones of abandonment. Ghosts that will never be.
— Ellen Hopkins
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There is no quiet place in the white man's cities. No place to hear the unfurling of leaves in spring,…
— Chief Seattle
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What's happening to movie critics is no different from what has been meted out to book, dance, theater, and fine-arts…
— James Wolcott
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They stared at each other, wanting each other, drawn to each other, but their silent shout of love went unheard…
— Jean M. Auel
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It was Lorraine in her nightie and Mo in his cap. They'd just settled their brains for a long winter's…
— Janet Evanovich
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Jesus Christ.” The fury on Nick’s face was enough to send me reeling and he hit the table hard enough…
— Cheyenne McCray
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...clatter of a typwriter suggests that you're actually building something.
— David Sedaris
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