12 道德經:

五色令人目盲

五音令人耳聾

五味令人口爽

馳騁田獵，令人心發狂

難得之貨，令人行妨。

是以聖人為腹不為目，故去彼取此。

12 The five colors blind the eye. The five notes deafen the ear. The five flavors dull the palate. Racing and hunting drive the heart wild. Goods that are hard to obtain hinder the journey. Therefore, the True Person is guided more by the belly than the eye, and prefers this within to that without.

or,

Dao De Jing: (The repression of the desires) Colour's five hues from the 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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