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" A person is born with a liking for profit. "

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

" I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place. "

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" Human nature is what Heaven supplies. "

" If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest. "

" Thus, that one can find no place to walk through the breadth of the earth is not because the earth is not tranquil but because the danger to every step of the traveler lies generally with words. "

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

" Pride and excess bring disaster for man. "

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

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

" When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm. "

" If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order? "

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

" If there were no human nature, then there would be nothing for deliberate effort to be applied to. If there were no deliberate effort, then human nature would not be able to beautify itself. "

" 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. "

" In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled. "

" When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled. "

" A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned. "

" Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar. "

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

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

" I say that human nature is the original beginning and the raw material, and deliberate effort is what makes it patterned, ordered, and exalted. "

" Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same. "

" Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion. "

" Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order. "