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Loathing shame

"Favor and disgrace bode awe. Esteeming the body bodes great trouble. What is meant by "favor and digrace bode awe?" Favor humiliates. Its gain bodes awe; its loss bodes awe. This is meant by "favor and disgrace bode awe." What is meant by "Esteeming the body bodes great trouble " ? I have trouble because I have a body. When I have no body, what trouble remains ? Therefore, if one administers the empire as he cares for his body, he can be entrusted with the empire."

Author

Lao Tzu

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"Favor and disgrace bode awe. Esteeming the body bodes great trouble. What is meant by "favor and digrace bode awe?" Favor humiliates. Its gain bodes awe; its loss bodes awe. This is meant by "favor and disgrace bode awe." What is meant by "Esteeming the body bodes great trouble " ? I have trouble because I have a body. When I have no body, what trouble remains ? Therefore, if one administers the empire as he cares for his body, he can be entrusted with the empire."

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