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Daoism -> Dao De Jing -> 46

(The moderating of desire or ambition)
天下When the Dao prevails in the world,
they send back their swift horses to (draw) the dung- carts.
天下 When the Dao is disregarded in the world,
the war-horses breed in the border lands.
There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition; no calamity greater than to be discontented with one's lot;
no fault greater than the wish to be getting.
Therefore the sufficiency of contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency.


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