"Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish."
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"Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and hardness accompany death."
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"Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal."
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"The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be. The more laws are promulgated, the more thieves and bandits there will be."
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"People are born soft and weak. They die hard and stiff."
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"In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them."
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"He who treasures his body as much as the world can care for the world."
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"The Tao which you know is not the eternal Tao"
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"Conduct your triumph as a funeral."
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"Excellent soldiers are not furious."
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"When the Way governs the world, the proud stallions drag dung carriages. When the Way is lost to the world, war horses are bred outside the city."
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"The forceful and violent will not die from natural causes."
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"Weapons are ominous tools. They are not the noble ruler's tools. He only uses them when he can't avoid it."
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"Weapons are ominous tools. They are abhorred by all creatures. Anyone who follows the Way shuns them."
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"Battles are followed by years of famine."
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"Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons."
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"Truly, only acting without thought of one's life is superior to valuing one's life."
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"When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends."
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"To rule by knowledge ravages the country."
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"If a great country yields to a small country, it will conquer the small country. If a small country yields to a great country, it will be conquered by the great country."
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