Governing a large country is like cooking a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.
— Laozi Ancient

Founder of Taoism

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Daodejing, Chapter 60

Date / Period

c. 6th-4th century BCE

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https://terebess.hu/english/tao/lau.html#c60

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