The nature of peoples is first crude, then severe, then benign, then delicate, finally dissolute.

The nature of peoples is first crude, then severe, then benign, then delicate, finally dissolute.

人的本性首先是粗野的，然后是严厉的，然后是善良的，然后是脆弱的，最后是放荡的。

-- Giambattista Vico 维科