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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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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Death
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Xun Zi
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The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere. – Xun Zi

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Travel
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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. – Xun Zi

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Nature
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But Im a hot-blooded Italian by nature. Whatever the situation you present, Im going to make something out of it. – Maynard James Keenan

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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature. – Bodhidharma

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I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that…. I might be master at last of a small house and a large garden, with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my life to the culture of them and the study of nature. – Abraham Cowley

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