"The great mountain must collapse, the mighty..." - Quote by Confucius
The great mountain must collapse, the mighty beam must break and the wise man wither like a plant.
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“Do not unto another that you would hot have him do unto you. Thou needest this law alone. It is the foundation of all the rest.”
“He who crosses the ocean twice without washing is a dirty double crosser.”
“The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.”
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“Everything is in a state of metamorphosis. Thou thyself art in everlasting change and in corruption to correspond; so is the whole universe.”
“What do we call the river? Every moment the water is changing, the shore is changing, every moment the environment is changing, what is the river then? It is the name of this series of changes.”