中英文《道德经》Chapter 5

5.天地不仁，以万物为刍（chu：二声）狗。圣人不仁，以百姓为刍狗。天地之间，其犹橐（tuo：二声）龠（yue：四声）乎？虚而不屈，动而愈出。多言数穷，不如守中。

Heaven and earth are not kind: they treat everything as a straw dog.

The sage is not kind: he treats the people as straw dogs.

All between heaven and earth is like a great bellows—

Empty, it contains potential,

In motion, it issues force.

Many words soon lead to exhaustion;

Better to hold the middle approach.