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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
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Done Foolish Man Mad Result
The world’s big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.
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Attention Country Done Emotion Humble People
Excellent warriors are not violent.
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Excellent Taoism Violent Warrior
Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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Fail Loses Seize Taoism
The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.
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Everybody Overcome Strong Taoism
If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.
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Forever Heart Letting Surround
Happiness perches on misery. Misery crouches beneath happiness.
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Crouch Happiness Misery
I have the mind of a fool, understanding nothing.
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Knowledge Mind Understanding
Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.
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Fail Honor People
Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
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Contemplate Heart Mind Peace
That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few.
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Fact Known Overcoming Practice
With virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.
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Conque Peace Power World
Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it’s own accord.
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Being Free Name Simplicity
What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves.
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Abandon Kings People Sell Taoism
The wise man knows he doesn’t know.
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Clevar Know Men Understand Wise
When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
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