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"If I have knowledge and resolute faith I shall walk in the Great Tao. If I fear, I can only behave well outwardly. Great Tao is very straight, But the people love by-roads. The palace may be well kept, But the fields may be uncultivated And the granaries empty. The Princes take more land, At their girdle they carry a sword, They eat dainty food, They take possession of much gold. That is called glorification of robbery. It is not Tao."