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Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.: Hesiod (~800 BC), Works and Days
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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Know the right moment.: Pittacus, (The Seven Sages) from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
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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He who knows others is wise; He who know himself is enlightened.: 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

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