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Chapter 71 Summary

Get out the microscope, because we’re going through this poem line-by-line.

  • The sage-iest thing about sages is that they know the things they don't know and recognize the ways in which they're flawed.
  • The thing that makes the sages perfect is that they recognize their own imperfections.
  • If we recognize our failings and learn from them, then they have no power over us.