Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks.

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"Language is a tool, and like any tool, it can be used for good or for ill."

对所有人有礼，与多数人交际，和少数人亲近，交一位朋友，不与人为敌。

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

"Die Kunst des Schreibens besteht darin, die Welt so zu beschreiben, wie sie ist, und gleichzeitig so, wie sie sein könnte."

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