《荀子·君道》
所以有了君子，法律即使简略，也足够用在一切方面了；如果没有君子，法律即使完备，也会失去先后的实施次序，不能应付事情的各种变化，足够形成混乱了。
故有君子，则法虽省，足以遍矣；无君子，则法虽具，失先后之施，不能应事之变，足以乱矣。
Therefore, with gentlemen, even if laws and regulations are few, they suffice for everything; without gentlemen, even if laws and regulations are many, there will inevitably be failures to follow the proper sequence, to foresee changes, and to respond to emergencies: enough to throw everything into confusion.