子贡说：“贫穷却不阿谀奉承，富贵却不狂妄自大，怎样？”孔子说：“可以。不如穷得有志气，富得有涵养的人。”子贡说：“修养的完善，如同玉器的加工：切了再磋，琢了再磨，对吧？”孔子说：“子贡啊，现在可以与你谈诗了。说到过去，你就知道未来。”

The Provençal language is not dead; it sleeps in the hearts of the people, waiting to be awakened.

The dead are never far from us. They’re in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from them is a single breath, one final puff of air.

小说不仅仅是一个故事；它是一面映照社会的镜子。

To realize one’s nature perfectly---that is what each of us is here for.