{"collection":"Taoism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/tao/ts/ts09.htm","path":"tao/ts/ts09.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/tao/ts/ts09.htm","text":"Those who seize property, are, to use an illustration, like those who relieve their hunger by eating tainted meat,[63] or quench their thirst by drinking poisoned liquor. Though they are not without temporary gratification, death will anon overcome them. (1146-1169)","title":"A Simile","type":"page"}