A state may be ruled by (measures of) correction; weapons of war may be used with crafty dexterity; (but) the kingdom is made one's own (only) by freedom from action and purpose. Therefore a sage has said, 'I will do nothing (of purpose), and the people will be transformed of themselves.'
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Okugyenyamwa ensi nokukunda, okwigira mu ntambara, nokwegata ensi butaje. Kiki nakikagira? Nga bati: Ensika y'agwa ennyo entambo, ate ensi y'omu butale. Abantu bagira amaani ge mingi, ensi y'etegyerezebwa. Abantu bagira amaani ge mingi, ensi y'etegyerezebwa. Abantu bagira ebikwirwe bingi, ebyemera mirembe bigyikirizibwa. Enyegyeto ziramba bwija, omusumba we musibe y'omu butale. Ayoona omusango, omuntu ye mu butale, naye ye musibe. Kwonko omuntu omu kubi: Nze ndyamwa butaje, abantu beefuura; nze ndenda okushushya, abantu beefuura okukunda; nze ntinda habw'ebyo, abantu beefuura okukura; nze ntinda ebikwerwe, abantu beefuura okuba abushushya.
Okwetoorooza Kwangye
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