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Nourishing Virtue

"Tau produces and Virtue nourishes; everything takes form, and the forces bring to perfection. Therefore everything agrees in honouring Tau and exalting Virtue. And this honouring of Tau and exalting of Virtue is not the result of any command, but is spontaneous for ever. For Tau produces, (Virtue) nourishes, enlarges, feeds, completes, ripens, cherishes, and covers all things. To produce and not possess - to act and not expect to enlarge and not control - this is called sublime Virtue."

Author

Lao Tzu

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English

"Tau produces and Virtue nourishes; everything takes form, and the forces bring to perfection. Therefore everything agrees in honouring Tau and exalting Virtue. And this honouring of Tau and exalting of Virtue is not the result of any command, but is spontaneous for ever. For Tau produces, (Virtue) nourishes, enlarges, feeds, completes, ripens, cherishes, and covers all things. To produce and not possess - to act and not expect to enlarge and not control - this is called sublime Virtue."

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