The Self Conscious Beauty

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Once Yangtze passed through 'Sung' and stayed in an inn. The inn had two waitresses. The ugly one of them was esteemed but the beautiful one was despised. Therefore 'Yangtze' asked the reason. In reply the old innkeeper said: "The beautiful one thinks so much of her own beauty but I never notice her being so beautiful. The ugly one is so conscious of her own ugliness, but I never notice her being so ugly." Therefore 'Yangtze' said to his disciples: "Who practices worthiness and abandons the aptitude for self-esteem, would be praised wherever he goes."

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