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"Nothing in the world is softer and more supple than water. Yet when attacking the hard and the strong nothing can surpass it. The supple overcomes the hard. The soft overcomes the strong. None in the world do not know this. Yet none can practice it. That is why the Sage says to accept the filth of a nation is to be the lord of the society. To accept the disasters of a nation is to be is to be the ruler of the world. Words of truth seem contradictory."
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Author
Lao TzuBook
Tao Te Ching
Version: 11