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Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 26
Chapter 28
Chapter 27
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The skilful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels or footsteps; the skilful speaker says nothing that can be found fault with or blamed; the skilful reckoner uses no tallies; the skilful closer needs no bolts or bars, while to open what he has shut… Read more
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 25
Chapter 27
Chapter 26
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Gravity is the root of lightness; stillness, the ruler of movement.
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Therefore a wise prince, marching the whole day, does not go far from his baggage waggons. Although he may have brilliant prospects to look at, he quietly remains (in his proper… Read more
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 24
Chapter 26
Chapter 25
1
There was something undefined and complete, coming into existence before Heaven and Earth. How still it was and formless, standing alone, and undergoing no change, reaching everywhere and in no danger (of being exhausted)! It may be regarded as the… Read more
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 22
Chapter 24
Chapter 23
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Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of his nature. A violent wind does not last for a whole morning; a sudden rain does not last for the whole day. To whom is it that these (two) things are owing? To Heaven and Earth. If… Read more
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 21
Chapter 23
Chapter 22
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The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new. He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray.
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Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility), and… Read more
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 1
Chapter 3
Chapter 2
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All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; they all know the skill of the skilful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what the want of skill is.
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So it is that existence and… Read more
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 19
Chapter 21
Chapter 20
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When we renounce learning we have no troubles.
The (ready) 'yes,' and (flattering) 'yea;'--
Small is the difference they display.
But mark their issues, good and ill;--
What space the gulf between shall fill?
What all men fear is indeed to be feared… Read more
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 18
Chapter 20
Chapter 19
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If we could renounce our sageness and discard our wisdom, it would be better for the people a hundredfold. If we could renounce our benevolence and discard our righteousness, the people would again become filial and kindly. If we could renounce our… Read more
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 17
Chapter 19
Chapter 18
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When the Great Tao (Way or Method) ceased to be observed, benevolence and righteousness came into vogue. (Then) appeared wisdom and shrewdness, and there ensued great hypocrisy.
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When harmony no longer prevailed throughout the six kinships, filial… Read more
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 16
Chapter 18
Chapter 17
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In the highest antiquity, (the people) did not know that there were (their rulers). In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them. Thus it was that when faith (in the Tao) was deficient… Read more
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 15
Chapter 17
Chapter 16
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The (state of) vacancy should be brought to the utmost degree, and that of stillness guarded with unwearying vigour. All things alike go through their processes of activity, and (then) we see them return (to their original state). When things (in the… Read more
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 14
Chapter 16
Chapter 15
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The skilful masters (of the Tao) in old times, with a subtle and exquisite penetration, comprehended its mysteries, and were deep (also) so as to elude men's knowledge. As they were thus beyond men's knowledge, I will make an effort to describe of… Read more
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 13
Chapter 15
Chapter 14
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We look at it, and we do not see it, and we name it 'the Equable.' We listen to it, and we do not hear it, and we name it 'the Inaudible.' We try to grasp it, and do not get hold of it, and we name it 'the Subtle.' With these three qualities, it… Read more
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 12
Chapter 14
Chapter 13
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Favour and disgrace would seem equally to be feared; honour and great calamity, to be regarded as personal conditions (of the same kind).
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What is meant by speaking thus of favour and disgrace? Disgrace is being in a low position (after the… Read more
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 11
Chapter 13
Chapter 12
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Colour's five hues from th' eyes their sight will take; Music's five notes the ears as deaf can make; The flavours five deprive the mouth of taste; The chariot course, and the wild hunting waste Make mad the mind; and objects rare and strange, Sought… Read more
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 9
Chapter 11
Chapter 10
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When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating. When one gives undivided attention to the (vital) breath, and brings it to the utmost degree of pliancy, he can become as a (tender) babe. When he… Read more
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Part 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 1
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The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.
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(Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is… Read more
Introduction Sir Thomas More, son of Sir John More, a justice of the King's Bench, was born in 1478, in Milk Street, in the city of London. After his earlier education at St. Anthony's School, in Threadneedle Street, he was placed, as a boy, in the household of Cardinal John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor. It… Read more
by Thomas More Contents Introduction Discourses of Raphael Hythloday, of the Best State of a Commonwealth Of Their Towns, Particularly of Amaurot Of Their Magistrates Of Their Trades, and Manner of Life Of Their Traffic Of the Travelling of the Utopians Of Their Slaves, and of Their Marriages Of Their Military Discipline Of the… Read more
Of Their Military Discipline Of the Religions of the Utopians "There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets. Some worship such men as have been eminent in former times for virtue or glory, not only as… Read more
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