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• Simple grace. No blame.
• Digging without a shovel is quite impractical. Even with a shovel progress progress is unlikely.
• Not going out of the door and the courtyard Is without blame.
• Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
  -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), "Conduct of Life", 1860...
• No relationship with what is harmful; There is no blame in this.
  If one remains conscious of difficulty, One remains without blame....
• The Army. The army needs perseverance And a strong man. Good fortune without blame.
• Making progress with the horns is permissible Only for the purpose of punishing one's own city.
  To be conscious of danger brings good fortune. No blame. Perseverance brings humiliation....
• No blame. He meets him without passing by. Going brings danger.
  One must be on guard. Do not act. Be constantly persevering....
• The wretched souls of those who lived Without or praise or blame.
  -- Dante (1265-1321) -- Hell, Canto iii, Line 34...