Lao Tzu Tao Sayings - Verse 75

Why are the people starving?
Because their leaders eat up too much of the tax-grain;
that is why the people are starving.

Why are the people difficult to govern?
Because their leaders interfere;
that is why the people are difficult to govern.

Why do the people treat death lightly.
Because their leaders are so grossly absorbed in the pursuit of living;
that is why the people treat death lightly.

Indeed, it is wiser to ignore life altogether
than to place too high a value on it.

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