"When a nation hoards weapons, troubles arise from within and from without.

When its leaders try to be cunning and clever, the situation spins further out of control.

When they try to fix things by passing more laws, they only increase the number of outlaws."

民多利器、國家滋昏。

人多伎巧、奇物滋起。

法令滋彰、盜賊多有。