Lao Tzu Tao Discourses - Verse 44

Your integrity or your body: Which is more important?

Your body or your possessions: Which is worth more?

Gain or loss: Which is more harmful?

Thus it is that the miser will pay much.

The hoarder will suffer great loss.

Be content with what you have and you will not be disgraced.

Know when to stop and you will be preserved from danger.

Only in this way will you long endure.

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