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Whoever is content and knows when to stop needs fear no shame or blame, and lives long, free from danger

Drawn from what Laozi said

On the topicWhat makes a good life?under our view: Wanting less and living simply make a person richer than earning more

What Laozi actually said

  1. Laozi Chinese thinker traditionally named as the author of the Daodejing
    Who is content Needs fear no shame. Who knows to stop Incurs no blame. From danger free Long live shall he.

    Where this was said

    ↗Tao Teh King, traditionally ascribed to Laozi (tr. James Legge, 1891)gutenberg.org

    c. 450–250 BCE

    All 12 korrents from this piecethis one is 6th

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