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"If a land is small and its people are few, With tenfold enough to have and to do, And if no one has schooled them to waste supply In the country for which they live and would die, Then not a boat, not a cart Tempts this people to depart, Not a dagger, not a bow Has to be drawn or bent for show, People reckon by knots in a cord, Relish plain food on the board, Simple clothing suits them well, And they remain content to dwell In homes their customs can afford. Though so close to their own town another town grow They can hear its dogs bark and its roosters crow, Yet glad of life in the village they know, Where else in the world shall they need to go?"
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Lao TzuBook
Tao Te Ching
Version: 10