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  • 11the more laws, the more thieves and bandits — Attributed to Lao Tzu (c 604 c 531 BC): The more laws and orders are made prominent, The more thieves and bandits there will be (Tao te Ching lvii. in Wing Tsit Chan (ed.) Source Book in Chinese Philosophy (1963), 166. Cf. ARCESILAUS (3rd cent.… …

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