Line by Line - Verse 53, Line 8

They shall wear elegant and ornamented robes,
~ James Legge translation, from The Sacred Books of the East, 1891 ~

Some wear gorgeous clothes,
~ Gia-fu Feng and Jane English translation, published by Vintage Books, 1989 ~

Officials wear fineries
~ Derek Lin translation, from Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained, published by SkyLight Paths, 2006 ~

Today, you see sharply dressed people
~ Ron Hogan rendition, from Beatrice.com, 2004 ~

While the numbers of the poor increase here and abroad, the rich continue on with their lives as if nothing has changed. As mentioned before, sales for big ticket items are up. While many in the middle class struggle to keep one roof over their head, the rich are busy buying up foreclosed houses!!

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