Lao Tzu Quotes

The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.

Lao Tzu

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• Prohibitions

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• The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • People
  • Moral
  • Prohibitions