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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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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
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
Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.
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Against Animosity Character Mean Rouse Vicious
Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles.
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Acquire Become Correct Moral Must Taught Nature Orderly People Principle Since Teacher
Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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Cause Goodness Human Intentional Moment Nature Study
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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Act Against Aware Come Difference Displeasure.Equality One Must Remember People Allow Please
Man’s nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity.
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Activity Conscious Goodness Man Nature Result
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
Thus, that one can find no place to walk through the breadth of the earth is not because the earth is not tranquil but because the danger to every step of the traveler lies generally with words.
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Breath Danger Earth Place Step Transit
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
The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.
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Attempt Erson Get Nowhere Once Road Travel
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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Capable Conversely Gentlemen Love Petty Same
When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.
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Activity Agriculture Concentrate Frugal Industry Moderate Rest Sharp
Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
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Concern Devotion Feel Longing Sacrifice
The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?
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Drum Feel Lord Music Surely
The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
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Bound Broken Cause Pilable Right Themselves

When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.

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