"The best way to carve is not..." - Quote by Lao Tzu
The best way to carve is not to split.
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“The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.”
“The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more; having given all he has to others, he is richer still.”
“Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish - don't overdo it.”
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“I'm extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that... it sounds, well, I don't care how it sounds - to me, scoring comes easy. It's not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can.”
“Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping.”
“Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit”
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“For Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and Passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.”
“Chastity - you can carry it too far.”
“I always believe in going hard at everything, whether it is Latin or mathematics, boxing or football, but at the same time I want to keep the sense of proportion. It is never worth while to absolutely exhaust one's self or to take big chances unless for an adequate object. I want you to keep in training the faculties which would make you, if the need arose, able to put your last ounce of pluck and strength into a contest. But I do not want you to squander these qualities.”