Can Somebody help me with aphorisms?

Question

I need to write an aphorism on Li Po, Tao Te Ching, Confucious, and Tu Fu. Please help me...i was tragically born without skills in poetry...lol.

Answer 1

Tao-te ching:

The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.

(Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all things. (ch. 1)
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Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech. (ch. 2)

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Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to keep the people from rivalry among themselves; not to prize articles which are difficult to procure is the way to keep them from becoming thieves; not to show them what is likely to excite their desires is the way to keep their minds from disorder.

Therefore the sage, in the exercise of his government, empties their minds, fills their bellies, weakens their wills, and strengthens their bones.(ch. 3)
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The Tao is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in our employment of it we must be on our guard against all fulness. (ch. 4)
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Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved. (ch. 7)
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Confucius:

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Confucius

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
Confucius

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
Confucius

He who will not economize will have to agonize.
Confucius

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Confucius

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.
Confucius
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Answer 2

Say that they were philosophers, and then write a sentence documenting their work.