ava on Nostr: When the way prevails in the empire, fleet-footed horses are relegated to ploughing ...

When the way prevails in the empire, fleet-footed horses are relegated to ploughing in the fields;
When the way does not prevail in the empire, war-horses breed on the border.

There is no crime greater than having too many desires;
There is no disaster greater than not being content;
There is no misfortune greater than being covetous.

Hence in being content, one will always have enough.

— #Tao Te Ching: Ch 46 (D.C. Lau translation)

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