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Only he who has no use for the empire is fit to be entrusted with it.


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MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men.
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ZHUANGZI I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.
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ZHUANGZI All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless!
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ZHUANGZI Let your heart be at peace.
Watch the turmoil of beings
but contemplate their return.
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ZHUANGZI Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.
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ZHUANGZI Cease striving. Then there will be transformation.
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ZHUANGZI Yet the stupid believe they are awake, busily and brightly assuming they understand things, calling ...
ZHUANGZI Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse.
ZHUANGZI A frog in a well cannot discuss the ocean, because he is limited by the size of his well. A summer i...
ZHUANGZI During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on...
ZHUANGZI We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
ZHUANGZI The sound of water says what I think.
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ZHUANGZI He who steals a belt buckle pays with his life; he who steals a state gets to be a feudal lord.
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ZHUANGZI Things joined by profit, when pressed by misfortune and danger, will cast each other aside.
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ZHUANGZI Don't go in and hide; don't come out and shine; stand stock-still in the middle.
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