Small lexicon
(words chosen in homage to Lao Tse
in his Tao Te Ching)
THE TEN THOUSAND CREATURES:
the living beings
THE HUNDRED FAMILIES:
the human beings
THE PRINCE:
the one who rules
THE MASTER:
the one who knows
THE SERVANT:
the one who serves
THE SAGE: the sage
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A little note for fun...
- If you want to win a car race, you have to go as fast as possible.
- Is that all what you intend to teach me?
- No, not only; be the most careful possible, your life depends on it.
- Better and better! Isn’t it, incidentally, a bit contradictory?
- Indeed.
- Then, they must be crazy!
- Or silly; but if they don’t die, they become very rich.
(Praecor)
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The Thought of the Day
by Serge Bassenko |
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THE HUNDRED FAMILIES BEG FROM THE PRINCE
THE THINGS WHICH THEY CANNOT
SECRETLY OBTAIN FROM GOD
THE SAGE TRUSTS TO NATURE
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(The Sage)
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