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Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it. Five in the middle is seen. First of all figures, the first of all letters. Take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring before you the name of an eminent king.
What do you have when you're sitting down that you don't have when you're standing up?
Dies half its life. Lives the rest. Dances without music. Breathes without breath.
I cut through evil like a double edged sword, and chaos flees at my approach. Balance I single-handedly upraise, through battles fought with heart and mind, instead of with my gaze.
To cross the water I'm the way, for water I'm above. I touch it not and, truth to say, I neither swim nor move.
When is it bad luck to see a black cat?