Tao-76 — Chapter 64
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What is rooted is easy to nourish.
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What is recent is easy to correct.
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What is brittle is easy to break.
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What is small is easy to scatter.
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Prevent trouble before it arises.
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Put things in order before they exist.
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The giant pine tree grows from a tiny sprout.
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The journey of a thousand miles starts from beneath your feet.
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Rushing into action, you fail.
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Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
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Forcing a project to completion,
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you ruin what was almost ripe.