If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.
XUNZIThere are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.
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Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
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There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.
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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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Human nature is what Heaven supplies.
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Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
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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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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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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
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The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?
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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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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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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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Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.
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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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They are done merely for ornament. … the common people regard them as supernatural.
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