"The most fundamental seems fickle." — Laozi
"The most fundamental seems fickle."
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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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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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Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.
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My second husband believed I had such a fickle attitude to friendship that each Friday he would update the list…
— Julie Burchill
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It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate, and where no opportunity for the forming of…
— Hannah Arendt
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Shaped a little like a loaf of French country bread, our brain is a crowded chemistry lab, bustling with nonstop…
— Diane Ackerman
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TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.
— Tom Brokaw
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To trust the God of the Bible is to trust an irascible, vindictive, fierce and ever fickle and changeful master.
— Mark Twain
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All the ways of this world are as fickle and unstable as a sudden storm at sea.
— Venerable Bede
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I am made for autumn. Summer and I have a fickle relationship, but everything about autumn is perfect to me.…
— Unknown Author
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One can generally say this about men: that they are ungrateful, fickle, simulators and deceivers, avoiders of danger, greedy for…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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There was a time when I looked to other people for recognition, because I didn't have enough confidence to trust…
— Annie Lennox
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