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"Everyone says that my way of life is the way of a simpleton. Being largely the way of a simpleton is what makes it worth while. If it were not the way of a simpleton It would long ago have been worthless, These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose And cherish: To care, To be fair, To be humble. When a man cares he is unafraid When he is fair he leaves enough for others, When he is humble he can grow; Whereas if, like men of today, he be bold without caring, Self-indulgent without sharing, Self-important without shame, He is dead. The invincible shield Of caring Is a weapon from the sky Against being dead."
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Lao TzuBook
Tao Te Ching
Version: 10