所有的水都有完美的记忆，永远试图回到它原来的地方。

The international system is inherently competitive, and states are constantly trying to outmaneuver each other.

劫富无法济贫。

可能性高于现实性。

The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.

爱是一种耐心。

解释：国家每做一件事必然是有毁谤也有赞美，忠臣把毁谤都加在自己身上，而把赞美都归于君主。

Each new situation requires a new architecture.

文化生态学的研究需要一种整体方法，考虑影响社会的自然和文化因素。