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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.
— Xun Kuang
Tags: dog, food, death, strength

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Human nature is what Heaven supplies.
— Xun Kuang
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There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.
— Xun Kuang
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The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
— Xun Kuang
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
— Xun Kuang
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
— Xun Kuang
Tags: goodness, human-nature, evil, nature
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