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“He is free from self-display, and therefore he shines; from self-assertion, and therefore he is distinguished; from self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged; from self-complacency, and therefore he acquires superiority.
— Tao Te Ching, ch. 22 – tr. James Legge (1891)
Tao Te Ching, ch. 22 – tr. James Legge (1891)
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