Misery is evil; quarreling, a misfortune. There is only one possibility of avoiding both: a clear division of society. [Otherwise] the strong tyrannize the weak, the intelligent frighten the stupid, the inferior resist the superior, and the young mock the old.
XunziIf what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?
XunziThere are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.
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