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| WebPoems | Lao Tse On the Nature of the Way |
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people who share the nature of the way do not show off their virtue, and therefore preserve it; never act, yet do all |
people who never, ever wander from the path, being virtuous end up without virtue, act, and leave much undone |
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| benevolence acts without aim; righteousness acts with sly purpose |
propriety acts to show off and when no one applauds, rolls up its fist |
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| when we lost the way we found virtue |
when we lost virtue we developed benevolence |
when we lost benevolence we invented right action |
when we lost righteousness we held onto convention |
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| convention acts as a patch on broken loyalty-- the start of chaos |
planning is a flower beautifying the way-- first scent of foolishness |
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wise, discarding the flower as too intense, stay with the solid fruit |
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