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"In a degenerate society. those who posses the wealth of the land and are in positions of authority over others exhaust the energy of the common people to serve their own desires."
"In a confused nation, those whom everyone praises are rewarded even if they have done nothing to merit it."
"when society is orderly, a fool alone cannot disturb it; when society is chaotic, a sage alone cannot bring order."
"When people are influenced by their rulers, they follow what the rulers do, not what they say."
"punishments and penalties are not enough to change habits; executions and massacres are not enough to prevent treachery. Only spiritual influence is valuable."
"When political leaders ruin their countries and wreck their lands, themselves to die at others' hands, a laughing stock of all the world, it is always because of their desires."
"In a confused nation, those whom everyone praises are rewarded even if they have done nothing to merit it."
"when society is orderly, a fool alone cannot disturb it; when society is chaotic, a sage alone cannot bring order."
"When people are influenced by their rulers, they follow what the rulers do, not what they say."
"punishments and penalties are not enough to change habits; executions and massacres are not enough to prevent treachery. Only spiritual influence is valuable."
"When political leaders ruin their countries and wreck their lands, themselves to die at others' hands, a laughing stock of all the world, it is always because of their desires."
