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Right is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument.

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Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
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Cherish Curse Knowledge Yourself
Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
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Beginning Born Death Existence Limitation Philosophy Spiritual Start
One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent.
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Beginning Consistent Glow Greatness Heaven Point
The right way to go easy is to forget the right way.
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Easy Forget Journey Right Way
Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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Battle Intelligence Promise Sound Victory
Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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Absence Happiness Perfection Wisdom
Right is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument.
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Argument Clear Difference Need Right
Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.
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Acceptance Man Object Reality Rejoice Tolerance World
The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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Occupy Sky Space Unity
The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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Breathe Clear Man Old
Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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Fine Philosophy Rest Understand
Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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Absence Luck Principle
The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see.
ZHUANGZI

Discrimination Embrace Failure Man Myself Ordinary See
We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
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Awake Born Calm Death Quiet Sleep
The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
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Condition Life Man Natural River Way
Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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Enough Nature Necessary

Right is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument.

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Right is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument.

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