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"Everyone says I am great, Great but not talented. Just because I am not talented, I am able to be great. If I were talented, I would have long become small. I have three treasures, Which I hold dear. The first is compassion, The second is frugality, And the third is refraining from being ahead of the world. Compassionate, therefore courageous; Frugal, therefore abundant; Refraining from being ahead of the world, Therefore serving as the head of all servants. Nowadays people abandon compassion to seek courage; Abandon frugality to seek abundance; Abandon the back to seek the front— That is a dead end. For compassion Brings victory in battle And solidity in defense. Whoever Heaven sets out to rescue, Compassion comes to protect."