December
46. The moderating of desire or ambition
When the Tao prevails in the world, they send back their swift horses to (draw) the dung- carts. When the Tao is disregarded in the world, the war-horses breed in the border lands.
There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition; no calamity greater than to be discontented with one's lot; no fault greater than the wish to be getting. Therefore the sufficiency of contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency.
Translation By James Legge
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