【译文】水过分清澈就不会有鱼,人过于明察就不会有人为你出主意。世上的聪明人若减少一半,那么愚笨的人也就没有了。
There's a violence in the act of making.
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.