Better to stop than to fill it to overflowing.
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching 9
The source
"Better to stop than to fill it to overflowing." Lao Tzu said it in Tao Te Ching 9. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.
"持而盈之，不如其已"Original Chinese, Tao Te Ching 9. Chinese: Wang Bi edition via zh.wikisource.
Who said it
Lao Tzu (6th century BC). Keeper of the archives at the Zhou court, by tradition the author of the Tao Te Ching: eighty-one short chapters on water, softness and knowing when to stop.
Questions
- Who said "Better to stop than to fill it to overflowing."?
- Lao Tzu (6th century BC). Source: Tao Te Ching 9.
- What is the original Chinese?
- 持而盈之，不如其已. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.
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