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Men Quotes by Xunzi
- Men of all social stations live together: they are equal in their desires, yet vary in their methods; they are equal in their passions, yet…
- Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
- 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…
- In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.
- The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to…
- The nature of man is evil; what is good in him is artificial.
- There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.
- Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
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