Quote by Lao Tzu
It is better to do ones own duty, however defective it may be, tha

It is better to do ones own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins. – Lao Tzu

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