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"If the people renounce self-control and reject wisdom, Let them gain simplicity and purity If the people renounce duty to man and reject right conduct, Let them return to filial piety deep, deep in the heart. If they renounce skill and leave off search for profit, Let them rob and by violence take possession of spiritual life. These three things do not help our progress. Therefore now let us seek To perceive simplicity, To conserve beauty in the heart, To curb selfishness and to have few desires."