“One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.”

“Someone who is too insistent in his own views finds few to agree with him.”

“he who asserts his own views is not distinguished;”

“And when (one with the highest excellence) does not wrangle (about his low position), no one finds fault with him.”

“Because he does not strive, no one finds it possible to strive with him.”

“he who vaunts himself does not find his merit acknowledged;”

“Therefore he who would administer the kingdom, honouring it as he honours his own person, may be employed to govern it, and he who would administer it with the love which he bears to his own person may be entrusted with it.”