《老子道德经(英译本)Lao Tze》30. Violence

　　Powerful men are well advised not to use violence,

　　For violence has a habit of returning;

　　Thorns and weeds grow wherever an army goes,

　　And lean years follow a great war.

　　A general is well advised

　　To achieve nothing more than his orders:

　　Not to take advantage of his victory.

　　Nor to glory, boast or pride himself;

　　To do what is dictated by necessity,

　　But not by choice.

　　For even the strongest force will weaken with time,

　　And then its violence will return, and kill it.