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By AnonymXunzi
A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.
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By AnonymXunzi
Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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By AnonymXunzi
Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.
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By AnonymXunzi
Human nature is what Heaven supplies.
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By AnonymXunzi
Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.
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By AnonymXunzi
If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
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By AnonymXunzi
If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.
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By AnonymXunzi
If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
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By AnonymXunzi
If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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By AnonymXunzi
If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.
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By AnonymXunzi
If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.
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By AnonymXunzi
If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?
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By AnonymXunzi
If you wish to see the thousand years, look at today; if you wish to understand the millionfold, then look at the one or the two.
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By AnonymXunzi
In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.
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By AnonymXunzi
I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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By AnonymXunzi
I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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By AnonymXunzi
Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.
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By AnonymXunzi
Men of all social stations live together: they are equal in their desires, yet vary in their methods; they are equal in their passions, yet different in their intelligence; that is their nature-given vitality.
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By AnonymXunzi
Misery is evil; quarreling, a misfortune. There is only one possibility of avoiding both: a clear division of society. [Otherwise] the strong tyrannize the weak, the intelligent frighten the stupid, the inferior resist the superior, and the young mock the old.
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By AnonymXunzi
Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.
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By AnonymXunzi
Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature.
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By AnonymXunzi
One must remember equality, yet also be aware of difference, for if the people are allowed to act as it pleases them without coming up against displeasure, if one gives rein to its desires without setting [any] limit, it becomes confused and can no longer take delight in anything.
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By AnonymXunzi
Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
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By AnonymXunzi
Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar.
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By AnonymXunzi
Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn with longing [toward Heaven, the Ancestors], It is the supreme expression of loyalty, love, and respect.
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By AnonymXunzi
Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
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By AnonymXunzi
Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles.
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By AnonymXunzi
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
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By AnonymXunzi
The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.
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By AnonymXunzi
The nature of man is evil; what is good in him is artificial.
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By AnonymXunzi
The noble person uses things; the lesser man is used by things.
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By AnonymXunzi
The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
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By AnonymXunzi
The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
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By AnonymXunzi
There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.
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By AnonymXunzi
Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.
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By AnonymXunzi
Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.
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By AnonymXunzi
Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.
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By AnonymXunzi
Thus, that one can find no place to walk through the breadth of the earth is not because the earth is not tranquil but because the danger to every step of the traveler lies generally with words.
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By AnonymXunzi
When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm.
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By AnonymXunzi
When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.
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By AnonymXunzi
When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.
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By AnonymXunzi
Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
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By AnonymXunzi
You look upon the seasons with expectation and await them: wy not seize the seasonal opportunities and exploit them?
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