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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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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. – Xun Zi

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

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I am at two with nature. – Woody Allen

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Ill walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide. – Emily Bronte

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I think that in todays world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness. – Gary Chapman

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There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined youd be, the parent you always wished you had. Your job is to be the parent your child needs, given the particulars of his or her own life and nature. – Ayelet Waldman

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The miser, starving his brothers body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and naked and miserable. – Theodore Parker

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When someone tells me there is only one way to do things, it always lights a fire under my butt. My instant reaction is, Im going to prove you wrong! – Picabo Street

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She looked as though butter wouldnt melt in her mouth –or anywhere else. – Else Lanchester

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Its silly to go on pretending that under the skin we are all brothers. The truth is more likely that under the skin we are all cannibals, assassins, traitors, liars, hypocrites, poltroons. – Henry Miller

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