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"Dao in its eternity is the nameless pristine timber. Though small, No one in this world can subdue it. If lords and kings can abide by it, All things will submit themselves. When Heaven and Earth copulate, Sweet dewdrops fall. People share them equally without being told to. When things begin to grow, they take on names. As names are established, They know their limits. Knowing their limits, they avoid hazards. For the world is to Dao, What brooks and ravines are to the rivers and seas."

Author

Lao Tzu

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"Dao in its eternity is the nameless pristine timber. Though small, No one in this world can subdue it. If lords and kings can abide by it, All things will submit themselves. When Heaven and Earth copulate, Sweet dewdrops fall. People share them equally without being told to. When things begin to grow, they take on names. As names are established, They know their limits. Knowing their limits, they avoid hazards. For the world is to Dao, What brooks and ravines are to the rivers and seas."

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