Quotes by Xun Zi

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

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

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

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

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The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.

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Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by...

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Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

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Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong,...

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Pride and excess bring disaster for man.

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

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

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

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