The sage does not accumulate (for himself).If you think about it, most of us spend our entire lives collecting crap! Of course, we don't consider it crap at the time; it's damn important stuff!
~ James Legge translation, from The Sacred Books of the East, 1891 ~
The sage never tries to store things up.
~ Gia-fu Feng and Jane English translation, published by Vintage Books, 1989 ~
Sages do not accumulate
~ Derek Lin translation, from Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained, published by SkyLight Paths, 2006 ~
The Masters don't hang on to things.
~ Ron Hogan rendition, from Beatrice.com, 2004 ~
At the end of the day, however, what's the point? We come into this realm of existence with nothing and that's how we all leave it.
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