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Lao-Tzu, Tao Te Ching (excerpt)
from TAO TE CHING

29

Trying to control the world?
I see you won't succeed.

The world is a spiritual vessel
And cannot be controlled.

Those who control, fail.
Those who grasp, lose.

Some go forth, some are led,
Some weep, some blow flutes,
Some become strong, some superfluous,
Some oppress, some are destroyed.

Therefore the Sage
Casts off extremes,
Casts off excess,
Casts off extravagance.


LAO-TZU

Translated from the Chinese by Stephen Addiss and Stanley Lombardo

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When one desires to take over the empire and act on it (interfere with it),
I see that he will not succeed.
The empire is a spiritual thing, and should not be acted on.
He who acts on it harms it.
He who holds on to it loses it.
Among creatures some lead and some follow.
Some blow hot and some blow cold.
Some are strong and some are weak.
Some may break and some may fall.
Therefore the sage discards the extremes, the extravagant, and the excessive.

Translated from the Chinese by Wing-Tsit Chan

цитатко:
Roberto Calasso
"Immediately after the monsters, die the heroes."
From The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
это к вопросу о драконах.

и не в тему: когда я слышу или вижу слово "вкусняшка(и)", мне хочется застрелиться.