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"If people no longer fear death why do we threaten to kill them and if others fear death and still act perverse and we catch and kill them who else will dare as long as people fear death the executioner will exist to kill in the executioner's place is to take the carpenter's place who takes the carpenter's place is bound to hurt his hands"
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Author

Lao Tzu

Book

Tao Te Ching
Version: 12
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