Abandon sageliness and discard wisdom, and the people will benefit a hundredfold. Abandon benevolence and discard righteousness, and the people will return to filial piety and paternal love. Abandon skill and discard profit, and there will be no thieves or robbers.
— Laozi Ancient

Founder of Taoism

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Tao Te Ching, Chapter 19

Date / Period

6th century BCE (approximate)

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Shocking

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https://terebess.hu/english/tao/chan.html#chap19

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