One May Know The World Without Going Out Of Doors. One May See The Way Of Heaven Without Looking Through The Windows.

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One may know the world without going out of doors.
One may see the Way of Heaven without looking through the windows.
The further one goes, the less one knows.
Therefore the sage knows without going about,
Understands without seeing,
And accomplishes without any action.
-- Lao-Tzu (fl. B.C. 600)

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