Monday, September 7, 2015

Seventeen

"Modesty brings success.
It is the way of heaven ti shine its light
downward to create radiance.
It is the way of the earth to move ever upward.
It is the way of heaven to fill the empty
and increase the modest.
Spirits and gods bring harm to what is full
and prosperity to what is modest.
It is the way of men to hate fullness
and to love the modest.
Modesty spreads radiance.
Modesty cannot be ignored.
This is the end attained by the superior man."

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