Chapter 12

五色令人目盲；
五音令人耳聾；
五味令人口爽；
馳騁畋獵，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。

The five colors make the eye blind;
the five notes make the ear deaf;
the five flavors spoil the palate;
racing and hunting drive the heart mad;
goods hard to come by lead conduct astray.
That is why the sage is for the belly, not for the eye. So he discards that and takes this.