The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?
XUNZIIf the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.
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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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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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You look upon the seasons with expectation and await them: wy not seize the seasonal opportunities and exploit them?
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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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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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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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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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When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.
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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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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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The noble person uses things; the lesser man is used by things.
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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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They are done merely for ornament. … the common people regard them as supernatural.
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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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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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