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"Sincere words are not elegant elegant words are not sincere. Excellence is not winning arguments winning arguments is not being Excellent. Understanding is not wide learning wide learning is not understanding. The Wise Person does not store up for himself. By working for others he increases what he himself possesses. By giving to others he gets increase for himself more and more. "Heaven's Way: to benefit and not to harm." The Way of the Wise Person: to work and not contend."

Author

Lao Tzu

All Translations

English

"Sincere words are not elegant elegant words are not sincere. Excellence is not winning arguments winning arguments is not being Excellent. Understanding is not wide learning wide learning is not understanding. The Wise Person does not store up for himself. By working for others he increases what he himself possesses. By giving to others he gets increase for himself more and more. "Heaven's Way: to benefit and not to harm." The Way of the Wise Person: to work and not contend."

Hungarian

"A megbízható szavak nem szépek, a szép szavak nem megbízhatóak. Aki jó, az nem vitatkozik (bian 辯), s aki vitatkozik, az nem jó. Aki tud, az nem tudóskodik (bo 博), s aki tudóskodik, az nem tud.* A bölcs embernek (shengren 聖人) nem kell felhalmoznia; mindent az emberekért tesz, s neki annál több lesz mindenét az embereknek adja, s ezáltal csak gyarapodik. Az ég <a természet> daoja úgy élesít (li 利), hogy sohasem vág (hai 害); a bölcs ember (shengren) daoja úgy cselekszik, hogy sohasem harcol."

Russian

"Нет красоты в правдивом слове, нет правды в сказанном красиво. Кто добр, не спорит, кто спорит, тот не добр. Пониманию чужда ученость, ученость далека от понимания. Премудрый человек не скопидом. Но он все больше обретает, всецело помогая людям, и неизменно богатеет, когда все людям отдает. Дао Неба, доставляя пользу, не вредит; Дао Премудрого человека действует без противоборства."

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