748Pisces. Zhuang Zhou and Hui Tzu were once walking along a creek. They climbed onto a bridge to observe the fish swimming in the creek's clear waters below. "Look how happy the fish are!" Zhuang Zhou exclaimed to his friend. "You are not a fish. So how do you know whether the fish are happy or not!" retorted Hui Tzu. "You are not me. So how can you know if I know what makes fish happy?" With that, Zhuang Zhou ended the argument, and the two friends passed over to the other side of the creek.
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749Great leaders / are almost unknown by their subjects.
Then come leaders / That people know and cherish
After them, are those who are feared
and after them, those who are despised.
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750Vanity and Pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
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751When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
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752One of the problems (and there are many) that affect both simplistic how-to guides to happiness and scientific studies on the subject is that, while they may offer concepts or conclusions that are true for many, they will not necessarily be true for everyone.
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753French courage proceeds from vanity, the German from phlegm, the Turkish from fanaticism and opium, the Spanish from pride, the English from coolness, the Dutch from obstinacy, the Russian from insensibility, but the Italian from anger.
Lord Byron
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754If you are told that a certain person is speaking ill of you, do not excuse anything and do not explain anything, but answer as follows: It is clear that this person does not really know me, otherwise they would have mentioned the many more flaws and shortcomings I have. Epictetus.
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755Remember you're just an actor in a play. The playwright gave you a role. Why this role and not another> You will never know. Your role may be brief, it may be extended. Maybe the playwright wants you to play a beggar, or a cripple, or a junior clerk, or a slave, or a man of high stature. It is in your power to play your part magnificently, but the choice of role is not yours.
Epictetus.
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756Someone sitting on the highest throne is still sitting on his ass.
Michel de Montaigne
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