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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.

Xunzi

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
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Deep Ease Foresight Knowledge Penetrate Sincerity
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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Good Have Having Heard Seen Something
The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one’s inner power.
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Coming Disgrace Honor Inner Must One Power Reflection
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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Born Envy Faith Feel Given Good Hate Loyalty Person Sense Them Violence Way
You look upon the seasons with expectation and await them: wy not seize the seasonal opportunities and exploit them?
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Expectation Look Opportunity Season Seasonal Seize Upon
Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
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Bring Disaster Excess Man Pride
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.
XUNZI

Climb Could Far Farther Found High Once Out Place See Stand Toe Tries
The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?
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Drum Feel Lord Music Surely
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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Come Desirable Detestable Involve Man Reflect See Something Time
Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.
XUNZI

Emotional Fantasy Fundamental Harmony Human Integrity Music Peacemaker REquired World
Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.
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Achieve Human Nature People Refer Study Work
I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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Day Entire Found Less Moment Once Study Think Valuable
If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.
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Achievement Brillant Determine Dull Effort
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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Activity Fluency Mind Moderate Punctilious Quickness Rest Sharp Tongue
Human nature is what Heaven supplies.
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Heaven Human Nature Supply
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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Desire Different Equal Intelligence Men Method Pasion Social Station Together Vary
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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Born Each Other Human Inclination Nature Ove People Profit Snatch Struggle
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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Approve Conform Desire Even Good Heat Many Order Pattern Proper
If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
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Balance Blood Calm Harmony Humor Robust Strong
Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn with longing [toward Heaven, the Ancestors], It is the supreme expression of loyalty, love, and respect.
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Ancestor Expression Heaven Longing Love Loyalty Mind Respect Sacrifice State Supreme Through
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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Ability Generous Gentlemen Instruct Open Other Straightforward Toearnt Way
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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Cold Fill Human Nature Hungry Now One Rest Tired Wantmwam
Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
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Concern Devotion Feel Longing Sacrifice
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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Believe Boast Desire Eager Make Man Other Pretty Should
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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Anybody Conflicts Convention Follow Give led Nature Quarrel Rule Society State
In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men’s nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.
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Antiquity Bad Control Correct Lawlessness Nature Sagem Recognize Tendency
The noble person uses things; the lesser man is used by things.
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Lesser Man Nobel Person Thing Use

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