27 November 2023

Troubles in merit

 



On tiptoe one not stands.
Being astride one not walks.
A self-displaying one not is bright.
A self-asserting one not can shine.
A self-approving one has not merit.
A self-praising one not grows.

Their [relation] with Reason, indeed, is called offal of food,
an excressence in the system:
beings are likely to detest them.
Therefore [who] has reason the one does not dwell [rely on him], indeed.



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