INCREASE OF EVIDENCE
IF I HAVE EVER SO LITTLE KNOWLEDGE,
I shall walk in the great Tao.
It is but expansion that I must fear.
The great Tao is very plain,
But people are fond of by-paths.
When the palace is very splendid,
The fields are very weedy and granaries very empty.
To wear ornaments and gray clothes,
To carry sharp swords,
To be excessive in drinking and eating,
To have an abundance of costly articles,
This is the pride of robbers.
Surely this is contrary to great Tao.
LAO TSU.
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