Fill your bowls to the brim and they will spill. Sharpen your blade to the sharpest and it will soon blunt.
Founder of Taoism
Tao Te Ching, Chapter 9
c. 6th century BCE (approximate)
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"The sage is like water, which flows to the lowest places and yet is the strongest."
Strange & Unusual"Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused."
Humorous"The softest thing in the world can overcome the hardest thing in the world."
Philosophical"The reason why the river and the sea are able to be the lords of the hundred valleys is that they excel in taking the lower position. That is why they are able to be the lords of the hundred valleys."
Strange & Unusual"Act without doing; work without effort."
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