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志忍私，然后能公；行忍情性，然后能修。——《荀子·儒效》<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Their wills repress the merely private, and thus they are able to be public-spirited. In their conduct, they repress their emotional inclinations and inborn nature and are thus able to become cultivated.