Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.

  • -- Xunzi 荀子

人类的本性是这样的,如果人们生来就有对利益的热爱,如果他们追随这些倾向,他们就会互相斗争,互相抢夺,而倾向于推迟或屈服将会消亡。

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The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

重要的问题不是,什么能使人获得一些分散的快乐,而是什么能使他的生活总体上幸福。

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.

热血使年轻人经常改变他们的爱好,习惯使老年人保持他们的爱好很长一段时间。