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"Nothing in this world is softer than water, Yet nothing can better attack the strong than water, For nothing can replace it. That the weak can subdue the strong And the soft can subdue the tough No one in this world does not know, Yet no one can put it into practice. That is why the sage says, He who takes on the disgrace of the state Should be called the leader of society; He who takes on the calamity of the state Should be the king of the world. A truthful statement sounds like its opposite."