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The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.

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Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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Absence Luck Principle
When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.
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Ignorance People Philosophy
Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.
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Affect Ceremony Charity Donation Lost Man Mindset Music Nature Original Satisfaction Seek
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
People value that part of knowledge which is known. They do not know how to avail themselves of the Unknown in order to reach knowledge. Is this not misguided?
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Guide Knowledge Order People Reach Value
Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
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Automatic Body Care Strong Willing
When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.
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Forget Heart Right
Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
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Enough Nature Necessary
Sound intelligence promises victory in every battle.
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Battle Intelligence Promise Sound Victory
Human life is limited, but knowledge is limitless. To drive the limited in pursuit of the limitless is fatal; and to presume that one really knows is fatal indeed!
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Death Drive Human Knowledge Life Limitation Oneself Pursuit
Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
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Absence Happiness Perfection Wisdom
Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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Beyond Dependent Honor Knowledge Lying Man
Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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Effort Forget Home Inspirational Stars
Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
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Flow Spiritual Struggle Universe Yourself
The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
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Complication Confusion Effect Existence Forget Life Obsession Ourselves Society
He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.
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Aware Confusion Fools Worst

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