You can resolve great rancor,
but rancor always lingers on.

Understanding the more noble way,
a sage holds the creditor’s half of contracts
and yet asks nothing of others.
Those with Integrity tend to such contracts;
those without Integrity tend to the collection of taxes.

The Way of heaven is indifferent,
always abiding with people of nobility.
      
        Tao Te Ching, #79