When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.

  • -- Xunzi 荀子

当人们缺少教师时,他们的倾向得不到纠正;当他们没有仪式和道德准则时,他们的无法无天是无法控制的。

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I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real.

我相信民族主义是一种非常强大的力量,但还有其他力量在起作用;我认为,有一种趋势在推动一个更大的图景,尤其是在欧洲;但我仍然认为民族主义是真实存在的。

I leave to others the decision as to the good or evil tendencies of my character, but such as it is it shines upon my countenance, and there it can easily be detected by any physiognomist.

我把我性格的善恶倾向留给别人去决定,但就其本身而言,我的性格决定于我的面容,任何面相学家都很容易看出这一点。

In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.

在古代,圣人国王认识到人的本性是坏的,他们的倾向没有得到纠正,他们的不法行为受到控制。

Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not be corrected by those who are wedded to a vision.

注重事实的人可以纠正错误,但墨守成规的人不会纠正教条主义。