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Other people are joyous, like...

Other people are joyous, like on the feast of the ox, like on the way up to the terrace in the spring. I alone am inert, giving no sign, like a newborn baby who has not learned to smile.

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The sage never strives for th...

The sage never strives for the great, and thereby the great is achieved.

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If you are untrustworthy, peo...

If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.

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To know people is wisdom, but...

To know people is wisdom, but to know yourself is enlightenment. to master people takes force, but to master yourself takes strength. to know contentment is wealth, and to live with strength resolve. to never leave whatever you are is to abide, and to die without getting lost- that is to live on and on.

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If people live in constant fe...

If people live in constant fear of death, and if breaking the law is punished by death, then who would dare?

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In the highest antiquity, the...

In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.

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The sage governs by emptying ...

The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies.

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Those who make their living b...

Those who make their living by collecting taxes cause the people to starve; when the people starve, the tax collectors, having no one to tax, starve also

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Trustable words are not beaut...

Trustable words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not trustable.

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Those who know others are int...

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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Do not attempt to conquer the...

Do not attempt to conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance.

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Kindness in thinking creates ...

Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.

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Better stop short than fill t...

Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it.

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When the Way is lost there is...

When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is lost there are rituals.

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Favor and disgrace are like f...

Favor and disgrace are like fear. Favor is in a higher place, and disgrace in a lower place. When you win them you are like being in fear, and when you lose them you are also like being in fear. So favor and disgrace are like fear.

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When the intelligent and anim...

When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.

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Thirty spokes are joined in t...

Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel's hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful.

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The Eternal generates the One...

The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things.

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The higher the sun ariseth, t...

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honors.

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Do not strive for the shine o...

Do not strive for the shine of jade, but clatter like stone.

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