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"The great Dao overflows; It can go left, it can go right. All things depend on it for life and it never declines; It accomplishes but never possesses. It nurtures all things but never dominates; That may be called small. All things submit themselves to it but it never dominates; That may be called great. Because it never claims its own greatness, It therefore achieves greatness."

Author

Lao Tzu

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English

"The great Dao overflows; It can go left, it can go right. All things depend on it for life and it never declines; It accomplishes but never possesses. It nurtures all things but never dominates; That may be called small. All things submit themselves to it but it never dominates; That may be called great. Because it never claims its own greatness, It therefore achieves greatness."

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