The world is full of people that shine;
I alone am dark.
 Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching. copy citation

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Author Lao Tzu
Source Tao Te Ching
Topic shining world
Date
Language English
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Note Translated by Arthur Waley
Weblink https://terebess.hu/english/tao/waley.html

Context

“Like an infant that has not yet smiled. I droop and drift, as though I belonged nowhere. All men have enough and to spare; I alone seem to have lost everything. Mine is indeed the mind of a very idiot, So dull am I. The world is full of people that shine; I alone am dark. They look lively and self-assured; I alone depressed. (I seem unsettled as the ocean; Blown adrift, never brought to a stop.) All men can be put to some use; I alone am intractable and boorish.” source