When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.
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If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.Xun Zi
A person is born with a liking for profit.
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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.
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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, 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.
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The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
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