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The most horrible thing is not a government that stages public executions, but a government that secretly disposes of its victims. — Lu Xun

But if a few awake, you can't say there is no hope of destroying the iron house. — Lu Xun

I could not blot out hope, for hope belongs to the future. — Lu Xun

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction. — Xun Zi

Hope is a path on the mountainside. At first there is no path. But then there are people passing that way. And there is a path. - LU XUN — Jacqueline Novogratz

If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others. — Xun Zi

If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony. — Xun Zi

If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order? — Xun Zi

The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power. — Xun Zi

In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth. — Xun Zi

There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men. — Xun Zi

The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere. — Xun Zi

I entreat fresh visions from the painters. Be lavish with your vermilion to portray the mountains in the spring. — Lu Xun

Though science has given us many marvels, it has also spoiled many of our pleasant dreams. — Lu Xun

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable. — Xun Zi

But a people unable to reform will not be able to preserve its old culture either. — Lu Xun

I have a dream that I will fulfill. And nothing else will distract me from my path. — Lu Xun

The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound. — Xun Zi

When a great man has become petrified, and everyone begins to proclaim his greatness, he has already turned into a puppet. — Lu Xun

But anyone who thinks themselves genuinely unbiased is bound to be taken in. — Lu Xun

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

With the weight of four thousand years of cannibalism bearing down upon me, even if I was once innocent how can I now face real humans? — Lu Xun

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. — Xun Zi

To be suspicious is not a fault. To be suspicious all the time without coming to a conclusion is the defect. — Lu Xun

Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving. — Xun Zi

When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state. — Xun Zi

John Stuart Mill declared that tyranny makes men cynical. He did not know that a Republic makes them silent. — Lu Xun

I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study. — Xun Zi

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity. — Xun Zi

Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them. — Xun Zi

It is in the nature of things that some people should be unlucky enough to get their heads chopped off. — Lu Xun

Men who have not known the horror of death are not likely to be awed by it. — Lu Xun

A person is born with a liking for profit. — Xun Zi

Is that it?" Jack asked. "No. That is the Xing zheng yuan Hui an Xun fang Shu." "I was just going to say that," Tessa said. — Richard Paul Evans

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest. — Xun Zi

In China, we think that if you want something to happen, you don't talk about it. So I will keep who I want to work with as my secret. — Zhou Xun

Human nature is what Heaven supplies. — Xun Zi

You have to reform yourself before reforming society and the world. — Lu Xun

Whoever thinks he is objective must already be half drunk. — Lu Xun

To protect myself from the rear, I have to stand slantwise. — Lu Xun

A woman has so many parts to her body, life is very hard indeed. — Lu Xun

The sorrow and happiness of those people are not related.
I only find them noisy. — Lu Xun

All who have read a few old books have picked up the old tactics of considering every new idea a 'heresy' which must be rooted out. — Lu Xun

Despair is as hollow and deceptive as hope! — Lu Xun

Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same. — Xun Zi

As long as there shall be stones, the seeds of fire will not die. — Lu Xun

Trust only him who doubts. — Lu Xun

Pride and excess bring disaster for man. — Xun Zi

It's not easy for Chinese actors to do foreign films, and it's not easy for foreign actors to do Chinese films. — Zhou Xun

Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood. — Lu Xun

Discontent is the wheel that moves people forward. — Lu Xun

I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place. — Xun Zi

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing. — Xun Zi

Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion. — Xun Zi

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that. — Xun Zi

If men refuse to be kindled, sparks can only burn themselves out, just as paper images and carriages burn out on the street during funerals. — Lu Xun