译文：月亮过了十五后，就逐渐不明亮了，人到了中年之后，做什么事都难以有大作为。赏析：青少年是人生最美好的时期，这个时期精力最旺盛，记忆力最强，也是人生最该努力奋斗的时候。

The future of liberal democracy depends on its ability to adapt to new challenges and to maintain the support of its citizens.

过去从未死去，它甚至从未过去。

成功不在于成为最好的，而在于始终如一地提供优质产品。

我不是那种会让对我尊重的爱减少的人。

Customer satisfaction should always be at the heart of every decision.

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

译文：有才能而没有权势，即使是贤人也不能制服不肖之徒。所以把一尺长的木材树立在高山之上，就能俯瞰万丈深渊，这并不是木材长，而是因为它所处的位置高。