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struggle4progress

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2. tao te ching

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Original post)

Sat Aug 31, 2019, 11:37 PM

Aug 2019

men are born soft and flexible but at death become hard and stiff

young plants are tender and moist but at death become withered and dry

the stiff and unbending follow death; the gentle and yielding follow life

an inflexible army never wins; a rigid tree easily breaks

the hard and strong fall, overcome by the soft and weak

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"The Epidemic of Male Fragility" - Great read! [View all] The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 OP

guns are a big part of that Skittles Aug 2019 #1

tao te ching struggle4progress Aug 2019 #2

I like that... pangaia Aug 2019 #3

A lot of wisdom in that... hlthe2b Sep 2019 #5

only one little beef- faberge eggs arent fragile. they are rocks. mopinko Aug 2019 #4

But if they said pysanky Igel Sep 2019 #9

But they look delicate, Chellee Sep 2019 #13

"They aren't the ones demanding apologies for minor criticisms. They aren't tending to their egos be lindysalsagal Sep 2019 #6

K&R. Yes, it is a great read! n/t ms liberty Sep 2019 #7

Spot on! smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #8

Special schutzstaffel snowflakes seek safe spaces. Mc Mike Sep 2019 #10

Replying to read this later. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2019 #11

There's an epidemic of misuse of the world "epidemic." gulliver Sep 2019 #12