People at birth are soft and supple:
At death, they are hard and stiff.
When plants are alive, they are green and bending;
When they are dead, they are dry and brittle.
Soft and bending is the way of the living;
Hard and brittle is the way of the dying.
Therefore, a great strength that is inflexible,
Will break in the wind like an old dead tree.
(Lao Tzu)
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