道德经英文版（韬光第七）
~{ 天长地久。天地所以能长且久者，以其不自生，故能长生。~}
~{ 是以圣人后其身而身先；外其身而身存。非以其无私邪？故能成~}~{其私。~}
Nature endures because it does not contend.
The gentle fall behind, but find themselves ahead,
Ignore their ambition, but find themselves content.
They endure because they do not contend.