There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard. There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combinationthey produce more hues than can ever been seen. There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations ofthem yield more flavours than can ever be tasted. Sun Tzu
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The world is filled with astonishing and awesome things. When we look at the world we see something awesome and awesome things, we get excited and want to see more awesome and awesome things. But it is impossible to see all awesome and awesome things, because there are only 5 awesome and awesome things in the world, the 5 musical notes, the 5 primary colors, the 5 tastes or the 5 Cardinal points on a compass. Each of these awesome and awesome things has a combination of them that gives rise to more awesome and awesome things than there can ever be seen.

There are many awesomethings in this world, but we cannot experience them all. We cannot experience all the awesomethings because we will never get to experience all of them.

Source: The Art Of War

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