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Quotations by Subject: Love (162 quotes)

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The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work.: Hesiod (~800 BC), Works and Days
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.: Hesiod (~800 BC), Works and Days
Know thyself.: Thales (635 BC - 543 BC), (The Seven Sages) from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Do not speak ill of the dead.: The Seven Sages (650 BC - 550 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Not even the gods fight against necessity.: Simonides (556 BC - 468 BC), from Plato, Dialogues, Protagoras
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When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, There arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, There arises the recognition of evil.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
The best [man] is like water. Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in [lowly] places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to Tao.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
To produce things and to rear them, To produce, but not to take possession of them, To act, but not to rely on one's own ability, To lead them, but not to master them - This is called profound and secret virtue.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
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Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
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