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.

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

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

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Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles...

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.

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...

In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and...

In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it...

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If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with...

I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than...

I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than...

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...

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil...

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil...

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.

Pride and excess bring disaster for man.

Pride and excess bring disaster for man.

A person is born with a liking for profit.

A person is born with a liking for profit.

The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.

The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.