

“No more men. I swear it. They’re nothing but trouble. Them, and their damned penises.”
― The Selkie
― The Selkie

“If you took the most ardent revolutionary, vested him in absolute power, within a year he would be worse than the Tsar himself.”
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“The people are difficult to govern because of the (excessive) agency of their superiors (in governing them).”
― Tao Te Ching
― Tao Te Ching

“When one knows that he is his mother's child, and proceeds to guard (the qualities of) the mother that belong to him, to the end of his life he will be free from all peril.”
― Tao Te Ching
― Tao Te Ching

“If you want to govern the people,
You must place yourself below them.
If you want to lead people,
You must learn how to follow them.”
― Tao Te Ching
You must place yourself below them.
If you want to lead people,
You must learn how to follow them.”
― Tao Te Ching
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