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Harmed through greed

"The people hunger because their superiors consume too many taxes ; therefore they hunger. The people are difficult to govern because their superiors are too meddlesome ; therefore it is difficult to govern. The people make light of death on account of the intensity of their clinging to life ; therefore they make light of death. He who is not bent on life is worthier than he who esteems life."

Author

Lao Tzu

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English

"The people hunger because their superiors consume too many taxes ; therefore they hunger. The people are difficult to govern because their superiors are too meddlesome ; therefore it is difficult to govern. The people make light of death on account of the intensity of their clinging to life ; therefore they make light of death. He who is not bent on life is worthier than he who esteems life."

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