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- I have three treasures. Guard and keep them:
The first is deep love, The second is frugality, And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world. Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world. - Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- When armies are mobilized and issues are joined,
The man who is sorry over the fact will win. - Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- To know that you do not know is the best.
To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease. - Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure.
The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete. - Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- Reason is immortal, all else mortal.
- Pythagoras (582 BC - 507 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- Appearances often are deceiving.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
- Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Milkmaid and Her Pail
- I am sure the grapes are sour.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Fox and the Grapes
- No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Lion and the Mouse
- Slow and steady wins the race.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Hare and the Tortoise
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