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"To keep on filling is not as good as stopping. Calculated sharpness cannot be kept for long. Though gold and jewels fill their house, no one can keep them. When the rich upper classes are haughty, their legacy indicts them. When one' work is accomplished honorably, to retire is the Way of heaven."

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Lao Tzu

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"To keep on filling is not as good as stopping. Calculated sharpness cannot be kept for long. Though gold and jewels fill their house, no one can keep them. When the rich upper classes are haughty, their legacy indicts them. When one' work is accomplished honorably, to retire is the Way of heaven."

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