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people have no fear of death?
　　Even supposing they shrank from death as from a monster [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and by playing on their terror I could slay them, should I dare?
　　There is one who inflicts sentence of death. To usurp his functions and to kill would be to assume the role of Master-Carpenter. There are few who can act as Master-Carpenter without cutting their hands.
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　　The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. Because of this they suffer from famine. The people are difficult to govern because of the officiousness of their superiors; because of this they are difficult to govern. Men are continually dying because they lust after life; because of this they frequently die.
　　It is only those with whom life is no object who truly value life.
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　　At birth man is supple and weak [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], at death rigid and strong. So with inanimate nature ?say the vegetable creation ?in its early growth it is pliable and brittle [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], at death it is decayed and withered. It follows that rigidity and strength are the way to death; pliability and gentleness the way to life.
　　Hence a soldier who is arrogant cannot conquer; the tree which is strong is doomed.
　　The firm and the great occupy the lower place, the pliable and the mee