Tao Te Ching: Seventy-Two { Philosophy Index }

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Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching

Seventy-Two

When the people do not fear what they ought to fear,
that which is their great dread will come on them.

Let them not thoughtlessly indulge themselves in their ordinary life;
let them not act as if weary of what that life depends on.

It is by avoiding such indulgence that such weariness does not arise.

Therefore the sage knows this of himself, but does not parade it;
He has self-respect but not arrogance.
He disregards this and chooses the former.

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Title: Tao Te Ching
(Dao De Jing or Daodejing)
Written: ~6th Century BCE
Author: Lao Tzu
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