道可道，非常道

道可道，非常道；名可名，非常名。

The Way that can be told is not an Unvaring Way; the names that can be named are not unvaring names. / The moral law that can be expressed in language is not the absolute moral law; the moral idea that can be defined with words is not the absolute moral idea. / The way that can be told is not the invariable way. The names that can be named are not invariable names.

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