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Chapter

47

不出户,知天下;不窥牖,见天道。其出弥远,其知弥少。
是以圣人不行而知,不见而明,不为而成。

Without leaving my house, I know the affairs of the world; without looking out my window, I discover the ways of heaven. The further you go, the less you learn.
So a wise soul knows things without going out; he understands things without seeing them, and gets work done without doing.

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