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"Were I to have the least bit of knowledge, in walking on a Great Rod, it's only going astray that I would fear. The Great Way is very level; But people greatly delight in tortuous paths. The courts are swept very clean; While the fields are full of weeds; And the granaries are all empty. Their clothing—richly embroidered and colored; While at their waists they carry sharp swords. They gorge themselves on food, and of possessions and goods they have plenty. This is called thievery! And thievery certainly isn't the Way!"
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Lao TzuBook
Tao Te Ching
Version: 8