Quotes about lao-tse
China Blue
I had seen him in the market,
I had glimpsed him in the rain,
I had tried to pick his trail up
On the Wenzhou-Hangzhou train,
Then he'd seen me drinking Kafei
In a little Shanghai Ba,
And had run the length of Nanjing Road
And fled in a jiao che.
He was Sun Peng Fei, her brother,
She was Sun Ye Ling, I knew,
But I'd always caught her smiling
When I called her China Blue,
She was sweet, and very pretty,
And I'd fallen for her, hard,
In the village school at Ping Yang
When I saw her in the yard.
We had taken to each other
And I'd tried to learn Chinese,
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poem by David Lewis Paget
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Blame It On My ‘Worst Education' Or Lack of Experience?
Blame It On My ‘Worst Education' Or Lack of Experience?
So you callously stated "you have the worst education ever! "
Why can't you guard your mouth? You think so much less of me?
An educated man with your figure would not take off your clothes
You won't go to Dim Sum, oh I forgot, you have no idea what that is!
Gwai2 Lou5 鬼佬 speaks: "hey, what gives? "
我是一個中國人 ￮
Wǒ shì yī gè zhōng guó rén.
Ngo5 hai6 jat1 ge3 zung1 gwok3 jan4.
You have no idea what I just said, so how does that make you feel?
This means I am a Chinese person, did you know that?
With all your Ivy League education, Guǐ Lǎo, you can't speak to me
You've never traveled to Hong Kong or China, do you what the difference are?
You say I'm naïve, Lo Fan, but I know more than you
您是鬼佬! !
Nín shì Guǐ Lǎo! !
Nei5 hai6 Gwai2 Lou5! !
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To be worn out is to be renewed.
quote by Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Lao-Tzu in The Way of Lao-tzu
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He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.
quote by Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu
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To have little is to possess.
To have plenty is to be perplexed.
quote by Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu
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He who knows others is wise;
He who know himself is enlightened.
quote by Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu
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He who knows does not speak.
He who speaks does not know.
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People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
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Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.
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