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Those in positions of power spend day and night plotting and pondering about what to do. The body is treated in a very careless way. People live their lives, constantly surrounded by anxiety. If they live long before dying, they end up in senility, worn out by concerns: a terrible fate.

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He who knows what is of God and who knows what is of Man has reached indeed the height (of wisdom).

How do I know that the dead do not regret their previous longing for life?

From the Three Dynasties down to the present day it has been like this. The good and honest people are ignored, while spineless flatterers are advanced.

Away then with wisdom and knowledge, and great robbers will disappear!

Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.

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