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Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that. - Xu

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

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Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink – such is the bravery of the dog and boar. – Xun Zi

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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. – Xun Zi

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We are more than just flesh and bones. Theres a certain spiritual nature and something of the mind that we cant measure. We cant find it. With all our sophisticated equipment, we cannot monitor or define it, and yet its there. – Benjamin Carson

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Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul. – Ovid

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