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Human nature is what Heaven supplies.
Xunzi
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They are done merely for ornament. ... the common people regard them as supernatural.
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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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The nature of man is evil what is good in him is artificial.
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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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When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.
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Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.
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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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The noble person uses things the lesser man is used by things.
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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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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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Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.
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If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.
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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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You look upon the seasons with expectation and await them: wy not seize the seasonal opportunities and exploit them?
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The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
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Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
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