13: Fame, Humility, and Self-Worth


Favour and disgrace come with a warning

Honour and disaster come with a body

Why do favour and disgrace come with a warning

Favour turns into disfavour

Gaining it comes with a warning

Losing it comes with a warning

Thus do favour and disgrace come with a warning

And why do honour and disaster come with a body

The reason we have disaster is because we have a body

If we didn’t have a body we wouldn’t have disaster

Thus those who honour their body more than the world

Can be entrusted with the world

Those who cherish their body more than the world

Can be encharged with the world

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