Wisdom

if you want the law
to apply equally, then
you must be rich or poor;
if you want life to be fair,
then you must be willing
to lose it all or give away
what you don't need anyway;
if you want to defeat cunning,
then you must be ruthless
and never look back
on your own wake; if you
want to be as you were once,
then against progress you are.

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