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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
When the highest type of men hear Tao, They diligently practice it. When the average type of men hear Tao, They half believe in it. When the lowest type of men hear Tao, They laugh heartily at it. Without the laugh, there is no Tao.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
The more laws and order are made prominent, The more thieves and robbers there will be.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.: Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Lion and the Mouse
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Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.: Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), Juno and the Peacock
If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects

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Results of search for Quote: ev - Page 196 of 466 Showing results 1951 to 1960 of 4659 total quotations found.