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In antiquity the sage kings recognized that mens nature is bad and

In antiquity the sage kings recognized that mens nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled. – Xun Zi

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In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth. – Xun Zi

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Fear
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Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that. – Xun Zi

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Nature
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If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity. – Xun Zi

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The poetry of the earth is never dead. – John Keats

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Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself. – Leo Tolstoy

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Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature. – Hosea Ballou

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Human nature is not black and white but black and grey. – Graham Greene

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I think through education, belief in God, and good engineering, our children become a lot better at what theyre doing than we did, and that starts with the very first sign of life on the face of this earth. – Evel Knievel

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Its only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth – and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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