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"Colors blind people's eyes; sounds deafen their ears; flavors spoil people's palates, the chase and the hunt craze people's minds; goods hard to obtain make people's actions harmful. Therefore sages work for the middle and not the eyes, leaving the latter and taking the former."

Author

Lao Tzu

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English

"Colors blind people's eyes; sounds deafen their ears; flavors spoil people's palates, the chase and the hunt craze people's minds; goods hard to obtain make people's actions harmful. Therefore sages work for the middle and not the eyes, leaving the latter and taking the former."

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