"If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants."
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Lao Tzu, in Brian Weatherley An Essential Part of Being’, Tao Are You, 12 November 2010
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