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When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected when

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled. – 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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The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere. – Xun Zi

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Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving. – Xun Zi

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