More From Xun Zi
- "In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men’s nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled."
- "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."
- "If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony."
More In Nature
- "We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones."― Jules Verne
- "Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art."― Izaak Walton
- "No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings."― Denis Diderot