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"Life, when it came to be, Bore one, then two, then three Elements of things; And thus the three began -Heaven and earth and man- To balance happenings: Cool night behind, warm day ahead, For the living, for the dead. Though a commoner be loth to say That he is only common clay, Kings and princes often state How humbly they are leading, Because in true succeeding High and low correlate. It is an ancient thought, Which many men have taught, That he who over-reaches And tries to live by force Shall die thereby of course, And is what my own heart teaches."
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Lao TzuBook
Tao Te Ching
Version: 10