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    "title": "Chapter 24 — Excess",
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    "text": "## Chapter 24\n\n\nHe who stands on his tiptoes does not stand firm; he who stretches\nhis legs does not walk (easily). (So), he who displays himself does\nnot shine; he who asserts his own views is not distinguished; he who\nvaunts himself does not find his merit acknowledged; he who is self-\nconceited has no superiority allowed to him. Such conditions, viewed\nfrom the standpoint of the Tao, are like remnants of food, or a tumour\non the body, which all dislike. Hence those who pursue (the course)\nof the Tao do not adopt and allow them.",
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