A person is born with a liking for profit.

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Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they...

Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they...

Human nature is what Heaven supplies.

Human nature is what Heaven supplies.

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

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

Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into...

Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into...

Thus, that one can find no place to walk through the breadth of the earth...

Thus, that one can find no place to walk through the breadth of the earth...

The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.

The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.

There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely...

There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely...

Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work...

Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work...

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious...

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious...

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual...

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual...

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

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

When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time...

When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time...

When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish...

When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish...

Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to...

Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to...

The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in...

The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in...

Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.

Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.

A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to...

A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to...

If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are...

If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are...

Pride and excess bring disaster for man.

Pride and excess bring disaster for man.

Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the...

Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the...