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Zhuangzi Quotes: The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
         

The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.


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