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The work is accomplished, and there is no resting in it (as an achievement).

β€” Laozi

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From Chapter 2 (James Legge translation) of The Tao Teh King. Read the surrounding argument as well as the excerpt; its historical language and philosophical assumptions shape its meaning.

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Source: The Tao Teh King , Chapter 2 (James Legge translation)

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