“The more prohibitions that are imposed on people, The poorer…”

“The more prohibitions that are imposed on people, The poorer the people become. The more laws and regulations that exist, The more thieves and brigands appear. The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.”

— Lao Tzu

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Title: Wikiquote: Laozi
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Context

Variant translation: The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be.

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Tzu, Lao. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Laozi. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Laozi

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