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" Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. "

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" When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.' "

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" The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete. "

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