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The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper....
– The Sayings of Lao Tzu by Lionel Giles [1905]
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THE GREAT LEARNING by Confucius (500 BC)
translated by James Legge [1893]
WHAT THE GREAT LEARNING teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence. The point where to rest being known, the object of pursuit is then determined; and, that being determined, a calm unperturbedness may be attained to. To that calmness there will succeed a tranquil...