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"Nothing in the world is softer and weaker than water. Yet, in attacking the hard and strong, nothing can surpass it. Because nothing can exchange places with it,* Use weakness to overcome strength, Use softness to overcome hardness. None in the world do not know this. But none can practice it. Therefore the Sage says: To suffer dishonor for the state is to be the lord of the community; To bear the calamity of the state is to be the king of the world. True words seem paradoxical."