Tao Te Ching

The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words
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“Having already reached the sunset of my life (being almost on the verge of departure from the world on account of old age), I wanted, before being overtaken by death, to compose a fine anthem to celebrate the fullness of happiness and so to help now those who are well-constituted. It is right to help also generations to come (for they too belong to us, though they are still unborn)”

Diogenes of Oenoanda Διογένης ὁ Οἰνοανδεύς 77 – 142 CE via Hicks
Great Preserver of Epicureanism

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