He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies…

Laozi
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He who has achieved this state Is unconcerned with friends and enemies, With good and harm, with honor and disgrace. This therefore is the highest state of man. ✨ Laozi, Gia-fu Feng, Jane English (1972). Tao te ching, Random House Inc
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