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Chuang Tzu

Chuang Tzu (c. 370-287 BCE)

“The years cannot be held off, time cannot be stopped. Decay, growth, fullness, and emptiness end and then begin again.”

  • From Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings (section 17), translated by Burton Watson. (Columbia University Press, 1996).

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