The man of worth is really great without being proud; the mean man is proud without being really great.
Tradizione cinese · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 497
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The man of worth is really great without being proud; the mean man is proud without being really great.
Tradizione cinese · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 497
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