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5 results for LAOTZU from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat Mar 3, 2018	48A	Philosopher who said "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step"	Damon Gulczynski
Sat Oct 4, 2014	18A	"Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy" philosopher	Julian Lim
Fri Sep 14, 2007	43D	"The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao" philosopher	John Farmer
Sat Mar 10, 2007	41D	"Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful" espouser	Patrick Berry
Wed May 11, 2005	9D	Taoism founder	Kumar Balani and Lou Sabin

1 result for LAOTZU from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 16, 1984	100D	Founder of Taoism	Barbara Lunder Gillis	Maleska

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