О погоне за миражами

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Это гениально и так актуально!

(привожу англ. версию, т.к. русский перевод не передает всего смысла)

The five colors darken the eye;
The five sounds will deaden the ear;
The five flavors weary the taste;
Chasing the beasts of the field
Will drive a man mad.
The goods that are hard to procure
Are hobbles that slow walking feet.

So the Wise Man will do what his belly dictates
And never the sight of his eyes.
Thus he will choose this but not that.

Tao Te Ching, 12 (the Raymond Blackney translation)