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Quotations by Laozi

The 7 quotations by Laozi, each linked to the position it expresses.

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Territory
Governing a great state is like frying a small fish.
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Nothing in the world is softer and weaker than water; yet for attacking what is hard and strong nothing surpasses it.
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The Dao does nothing, and yet nothing is left undone.
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The Dao that can be named is not the constant Dao.
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The human models himself on the earth, the earth on heaven, heaven on the Dao, and the Dao on itself.
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The more clever tools there are, the more the state sinks into disorder.
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The more laws and edicts there are, the more thieves and robbers multiply.
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