Verse 24: Disgusting Things

企者不立；
Those who tiptoe cannot stand,
跨者不行。
Those who straddle cannot walk
自見者不明；
Those who see themselves are not lucid
自是者不彰。
Those who affirm themselves do not exert influence
自伐者無功；
Those who boast have no recognition
自矜者不長。
Those who are arrogant do not last
其在道也曰：
Amongst those who are with the Way, this is known as
餘食贅形。
Excess food and superfluous style.
物或惡之，
For such things of disgust,
故有道者不處。
those with the Way keep far away.