Tao Te Ching

The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words
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“If the people do not have a minimum level of livelihood, they will not have a fixed heart and there will be nothing they will not do—self-abandonment, moral deflection, depravity, wild license.”

Mencius 孟子 372 – 289 BCE via James Legge, Shan Dao
(Mengzi)
from Book of Mencius 孟子

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Livelihood