道德经英文版（俭武第三十）
~{ 以道佐人主者，不以兵强天下。其事好远。师之所处，荆棘生焉~}
~{。大军之后，必有凶年。~}
~{ 善有果而已，不以取强。果而勿矜，果而勿伐，果而勿骄。果而~}
~{不得已，果而勿强。~}
~{ 物壮则老，是谓不道，不道早已。~}
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;
Then its violence will return, and kill it.