《道德经》英译（第二十四章）

企者不立；跨者不行；自见者不明；自是者不彰；自伐者无功；自矜者不长。

其在道也，曰余食赘行。物或恶之，故有道者不处。

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Chapter 24

He who stands on tiptoes

cannot stand well;

He who walks with great strides

cannot walk well;

He who shows off himself

cannot become conspicuous;

He who regards himself infallible

cannot become illustrious;

He who brags about himself

cannot gain achievement ;

He who boasts of himself

cannot become a head.

From the point of view of Tao,

These behaviours are like leftover food

and superfluous excrescence,

So disgusting that a man of Tao

Never behaves like that.