“There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers.”
“With a tiny bit of effort, the nettle would be useful; if you neglect it, it becomes a pest. So then we kill it. How many men are like nettles... My friends, there is no such thing as a weed and no such thing as a bad man. There are only bad cultivators.”
“If worthless men are sometimes at the head of affairs, it is, I believe, because worthless men are at the tail and the middle”
“There are no bad herbs or bad men; there are only bad cultivators.”
“There are no bad plants or bad men. There is only bad husbandry.”
“My friends, remember this: There are no bad herbs, and no bad men; there are only bad cultivators.”