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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. He puts from him the latter, and prefers to seek the former.
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