Occupation: Philosopher
Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principle….
If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest..
When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not contr….
Misery is evil; quarreling, a misfortune. There is only one possibility of avoiding both: a clear division of society. [Otherwise] the strong tyranni….