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"Give up studies and you will have no more worries. “Yes, sir?” and “Eh?”— How far apart are these? Beauty and ugliness— How different are those? Whoever people fear Has to fear the people too. Vast and boundless, Everyone is out having a great time, As if enjoying a great feast, As if climbing a terrace in spring. I alone stay quiet and show no sign of action, Innocent like the unsmiling baby, Wandering like not knowing where to go. Everyone has enough to spare; I alone seem deprived. It all has to do with my fool’s heart! The world thinks everything is crystal clear; I alone am dull and dumb. The world thinks they are sharp and shrewd; I alone am simple and slow. Everyone has something useful to do; I alone am incorrigibly stupid. I alone am different from everyone else And choose to be nurtured by my mother."