Quote by Xun Zi
Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states wil

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

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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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To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature. – Max Beerbohm

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The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. – William James

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Nature is the art of God. – Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, 1635

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Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God. – Karl Barth

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My last public performance for money was in 1967. For free, it was 1972, with the exception of two little one-shot, one-song things. But thats just for friends, out of friendship for the people involved, and also because it was fun. – Tom Lehrer

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A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally. – John Ratzenberger

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You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind. – Author Unknown

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