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"Which is more dear to you, your character or your body? Which do you treasure more, your body or your wealth? Which makes you more unhappy, to gain or to lose? But we must sacrifice much to gain true love. We must suffer great loss to obtain much treasure, To know contentment is to fear no shame. To know how to stop is to avoid destruction. Thus doing, we shall long endure."
Author
Lao TzuAll Translations
English
"Which is more dear to you, your character or your body? Which do you treasure more, your body or your wealth? Which makes you more unhappy, to gain or to lose? But we must sacrifice much to gain true love. We must suffer great loss to obtain much treasure, To know contentment is to fear no shame. To know how to stop is to avoid destruction. Thus doing, we shall long endure."