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The right use of government

"The Tao proceedeth by its own nature, doing nothing; therefore there is no doing which it comprehendeth not. If kings and princes were to govern in this manner, all things would operate aright by their own motion. If this transmutation were my object, I should call it Simplicity. Simplicity hath no name nor purpose; silently and at ease all things go well."

Author

Lao Tzu

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English

"The Tao proceedeth by its own nature, doing nothing; therefore there is no doing which it comprehendeth not. If kings and princes were to govern in this manner, all things would operate aright by their own motion. If this transmutation were my object, I should call it Simplicity. Simplicity hath no name nor purpose; silently and at ease all things go well."

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