Excess

Colors are beautiful but can blind the eye

Sounds are beautiful but can deafen the ear

Flavors are delicious but can deaden the tongue

Fulfilling the senses, craving for all

Can drive a person mad;

Things that are rare and sought and hungered for

Can lead to intemperance

Thus the sensible seek only to satisfy simple necessities

And not the will-o'-the-wisp-

wantings of the wandering eye

Tao Wisdom