Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.
XUNZII 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.
More Xunzi Quotes
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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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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 person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
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The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?
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Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
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Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.
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If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
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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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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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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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They are done merely for ornament. … the common people regard them as supernatural.
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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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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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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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