Of the highest the people merely know that such a one exists; The next they draw near to and praise. #2 The next they shrink from, intimidated; but revile.
信不足焉,有不信焉。
Arthur Waley
Truly, “It is by not believing people that you turn them into liars”.
悠兮其贵言,功成事遂,百姓皆谓我自然。
Arthur Waley
But from the Sage it is so hard at any price to get a single word That when his task is accomplished, his work done, throughout the country every one says: “It happened of its own accord”.