Quote by Xun Zi
Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must b

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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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 peoples emotional nature. – 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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Knowledge
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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony. – Xun Zi

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Human nature is what Heaven supplies. – Xun Zi

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Nature

I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods. – Wendell Berry

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Nature

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. – Marcus Aurelius

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The nature of rumor is known to all. – Tertullian

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Nature

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It is easy to fly into a passion… anybody can do that, but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time and in the right way that is not easy. – Aristotle

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It is past time for Republican leadership to answer for record deficits and reckless spending, both in Iraq and in the U.S. Its time for a plan to bring our troops home. – Sherrod Brown

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Putting lights in Wrigley Field is like putting aluminum siding on the Sistine Chapel. – Roger Simon, 1988

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Never tell your story to a deaf man. – Proverb

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