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“Though the grease burns out of the torch, the fire passes on, and no one knows where it ends.”
“Though the grease burns out of the torch, the fire passes on, and no one knows where it ends.”

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“Though the grease burns out of the torch, the fire passes on, and no one knows where it ends.”

Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Zhuangzi, Watson tr. (Ch 3)

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