Tragic art, as it developed in the theaters of ancient Greece, in the fifth century B.C., was essentially an art form devoted to tracing how people fail, and also according them a level of sympathy, which ordinary life would not necessarily accord them. A few years ago, I was thinking about this, and I went to "The Sunday Sport," a tabloid newspaper I don't recommend you start reading if you're not familiar with it already.

古时候的学者得到一句善言，就会放在自己身上去实践；而现在的学者得到一句善言就必定想取悦别人。

世界上最昂贵的东西是信任。赢得信任可能需要数年，而失去它可能只需要几秒钟。