"The sage never strives for the great, and thereby the great is achieved."
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"Sages do not accumulate for themselves. The more they give to others, the more they possess of their own. The way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure."
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"The sage's Way is to act and not to contend."
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"The sage embraces the one, and is an example to the world."
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"Although he travels all day, the sage never loses sight of his luggage carts."
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"He (the sage) wants all things to follow their own nature, but dares not act."
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"Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life."
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"Saints and martyrs had never interested Maggie so much as sages and poets."
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"The flame is not as bright to itself as it is to those it illuminates: so too the sage."
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"Whatever statesman or sage will effect reforms upon a gigantic or godlike scale must begin with the young."
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