Chapter 24

企者不立；
跨者不行；
自見者不明；
自是者不彰；
自伐者無功；
自矜者不長。
其在道也，曰：餘食贅形。
物或惡之，故有道者不處。

One on tiptoe does not stand firm;
one who takes long strides does not go far;
one who displays himself is not plain to see;
one who justifies himself does not stand out;
one who boasts has no merit;
one who brags does not last.
In the light of the Way, these are called leftover food and a growth on the body.
Creatures loathe them, and so one who has the Way does not abide with them.