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Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates: one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass through the one of sawn ivory are deceptive, bringing tidings which come to nought, but those which issue from the one of polished horn bring true results when a mortal sees them.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey
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Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.: Hesiod (~800 BC), Works and Days
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Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster.: Hesiod (~800 BC), Works and Days
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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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He who knows others is wise; He who know himself is enlightened.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And there is no greater disaster than greed.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu

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