"When great armies go to war, Sorrow is the sole winner."
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"The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people."
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"It is the child that sees the primordial secret in Nature and it is the child of ourselves we return to. The child within us is simple and daring enough to live the Secret."
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"Those who know others are intelligent Those who know themselves have insight. Those who master others have force Those who master themselves have strength.Those who know what is enough are wealthy. Those who persevere have direction. Those who maintain their position endure. And those who die and yet do not perish, live on."
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"Bend and you will be straight."
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"When much virtue is achieved, nothing is not overcome."
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"What Heaven detests, who knows why? Even the sage considers it difficult."
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"Do not strive for the shine of jade, but clatter like stone."
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"The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things."
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"Misfortune is the root of good fortune; good fortune gives birth to misfortune."
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"The best way to live / is to be like water / For water benefits all things / and goes against none of them."
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"He who has little will receive. He who has much will be embarrassed."
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"Whoever is capable of knowing when they have had enough will always be satisfied."
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"The Way is eternal. Until your last day, you are free from peril."
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"Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel's hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful."
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"The sage never strives for the great, and thereby the great is achieved."
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"The skillful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels."
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"All things in nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfill their function and make no claim. All things alike do their work, and then we see them subside. When they have reached their bloom, each returns to its origin. . . . This reversion is an eternal law. To know that law is wisdom."
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"The ancients said: Hulk to be whole."
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"The leader's main job is to make themselves obsolete."
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