Tao Te Ching

The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words
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“When a man's eyes are sore his friends do not let him finger them, however much he wishes to, nor do they themselves touch the inflammation: But a man sunk in grief suffers every chance comer to stir and augment his affliction like a running sore; and by reason of the fingering and consequent irritation it hardens into a serious and intractable evil.”

Plutarch 46 – 120 CE
(Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus)

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Chapters

Chapter 79
No Demands

Themes

Idiot Compassion