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The use of Skill

"The good walker leaves no traces behind him. The good speaker incurs no blame. The good reckoner needs no arithmetic. The good closer needs no bolts and bars; and to open after him is impossible. The good fastener needs no cord; and to loose after him is impossible. The sage is ever the good saviour of men. He rejects none. He is ever the good saviour of things. He rejects nothing. His I call comprehensive intelligence. For the good men are the instructors of other good men; and the bad men are the material of the good men (the material they have to work upon). He, then, who honours not his instructor, and he who loves not his material, though accounted wise, are greatly deluded. This is no less important than wonderful."

Author

Lao Tzu

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"The good walker leaves no traces behind him. The good speaker incurs no blame. The good reckoner needs no arithmetic. The good closer needs no bolts and bars; and to open after him is impossible. The good fastener needs no cord; and to loose after him is impossible. The sage is ever the good saviour of men. He rejects none. He is ever the good saviour of things. He rejects nothing. His I call comprehensive intelligence. For the good men are the instructors of other good men; and the bad men are the material of the good men (the material they have to work upon). He, then, who honours not his instructor, and he who loves not his material, though accounted wise, are greatly deluded. This is no less important than wonderful."

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