Quote by Lao Tzu
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much h

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it. – Lao Tzu

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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men? – Lao Tzu

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Men
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Lao Tzu
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Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides. – Lao Tzu

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Death
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Lao Tzu
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You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. Ive only ever had one. – Albert Einstein

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I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesnt feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first. – Haile Gebrselassie

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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. – Demosthenes

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Random Quotes

I was thrown out of N.Y.U. my freshman year for cheating on my metaphysics final. You know, I looked within the soul of the boy sitting next to me. – Woody Allen

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It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true. – Gore Vidal

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To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it. – Homer

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There are things I cant force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint. – Denis Diderot

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Change