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Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.

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The Way that can be walked is not the eternal Way.

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heaven is eternal, earth everlasting. they endure this way because they do not live for themselves. in the same way, the wise person puts himself last, and thereby finds himself first, holds himself outside, and thereby remains at the center, abandons himself, and is thereby fulfilled.

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Do nondoing, strive for nonstriving, savor the flavorless, regard the small as important, make much of little, repay enmity with virtue; plan for difficulty when it is still easy, do the great while it is still small. The most difficult things in the world must be done while they are easy; the greatest things in the world must be done while they are small.

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Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

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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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Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.

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Of the second-rate leaders people speak respectfully saying, "He has done this, he has done that." Of the first-rate leaders, they do not say this. They say, "We have done it all ourselves."

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Without stepping out the door, you can know the world.

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To see things in the seed, that is genius.

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A follower of the Way (Tao) loses something each day. Loss after loss until arriving at Non Action (Wu Wei).

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Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.

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There is no greater mistake than to make light of an enemy By making light of an enemy many a kingdom has been lost.

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If you can find true contentment, it will last forever.

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If the majority doesn't laugh at you, beware that you must be saying something wrong. When the majority thinks you are a fool, only then is there some possibility of you being a wise man.

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The most straight seems curved.

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Heaven's Way does not contend, yet it certainly triumphs. It does not speak, yet it certainly answers. It does not summon, yet things come by themselves. It seems to be at rest, yet it certainly has a plan.

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The more we give to others, the more we are increased.

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Praise leads to weakness. Getting it causes fear, losing it causes fear.

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The rigid and big belong below. The soft and weak belong above.

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