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When a reconciliation is effected (between
two parties) after a
great animosity, there is sure to be a grudge remaining (in the mind
of the one who was wrong).
And how can this be beneficial (to the
other)?
Therefore (to guard against this), the sage keeps the left-hand
portion
of the record of the engagement, and does not insist on the
(speedy) fulfilment of it by the other party. (So), he who
has the
attributes (of the Tao) regards (only) the conditions of the
engagement, while he who has not those attributes
regards only the
conditions favourable to himself.
In the Way of Heaven, there is no partiality of love; it is always
on
the side of the good man.
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