9

Drink deeply from your cup
Share what lies within
There is always more

Your cup is served by the Tao
An over-flowing cup
Leads to waste
Nourishes no one

Sharpen your knife
Defend with cut after cut
Soon you will be left with a needle
Then nothing, still in want of defence

Care not for wagging tongues
Of those who do not know the Tao
One moment they wag their tongue
The next their tail
Be not the prisoner of a puppy

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