Grayson says they'll have the votes to defeat the War Motion in the House. Eloquent.

[Dragonfli]

74. If Milla Vannilla had manned the gates during the old mans departure he would not have asked him

(begged in some accounts) to leave some of his wisdom before withdrawing from the world of human issues.

No, had Vannilla manned the gates there would have been no "Tao Te Ching", there would have been a dead old guy just outside with a spear through his chest and a note saying "this infiltrator hates the Lords of all the warring states! I know what he believes, he does not, he is a barbarian attempting a coup!!!"

A much shorter publication with zero wisdom, signifying absolutely nothing, much like the posts of VR.

I am glad the gatekeeper was who he was and not a self appointed idea cop with delusions of grandeur.

Lao Tzu was likely mythical, but the collection of wisdom ascribed to him has earned the respect of the more thoughtful of us apes for a couple thousand years. (even if he was a Anarchistic doody head)