Colour's five hues from th' eyes their sight will take; Music's five notes the ears as deaf can make; The flavours five deprive the mouth of taste; The chariot course, and the wild hunting waste Make mad the mind; and objects rare and strange, Sought for, men's conduct will to evil change. Therefore the sage seeks to satisfy (the craving of) the belly, and not the (insatiable longing of) the eyes.
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Pëëk a̱i nëëk bɛ̈n, këëk a̱i nëëk tɛ̈n, kua̱n a̱i nëëk bïï, cïëën ayïï bɛ̈n wëët në a̱i wɛ̈ɛ̈r, bɛ̈n a̱i ŋëëc. Nëëk nhialic në ci̱n bɛ̈n a̱i këëk, a̱i ŋëëc. Nëëk në bɛ̈n nëëk, bë bɛ̈n kë yïï.
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