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"When the government is muddled and confused, The people are genuine and sincere. When the government is discriminate and clear, The state is crafy and cunning. [Disaster is that on which good fortune depends.] Good fortune is that in which disaster's concealed. Who knows where it will end? For there is no [fixed] "correct." The "correct" turns into the "deviant"; And "good" turns into "evil." People's state of confusion Has certainly existed for a long time. Therefore be square but don't cut; Be sharp but don't stab; Be straightforward but not unrestrained; Be bright but don't dazzle."
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Lao TzuBook
Tao Te Ching
Version: 8