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The nature of man is evil what is good in him is artificial.
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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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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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Not having heard something is not as good as having heard it having heard it is not as good as having seen it having seen it is not as good as knowing it knowing it is not as good as putting it into practice.
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The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?
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If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.
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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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Human nature is what Heaven supplies.
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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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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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Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.
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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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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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The rigid cause themselves to be broken the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
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The noble person uses things the lesser man is used by things.
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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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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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