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Lao Tzu Quotes: If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.
         

If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.


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This page presents the quote "If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.". Author of this quote is Lao Tzu. This quote is about discipline, persistence,.