A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves.

Laozi

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Laozi (), also romanized as Lao Tzu among other ways, was a semi-legendary Chinese philosopher and author of the Tao Te Ching (Laozi), one of the foundational texts of Taoism alongside the Zhuangzi. The name, literally meaning 'Old Master', was likely intended to portray an archaic anonymity that could converse...

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