An artist’s job is to disturb the peace.

The border is not a line but a wound.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

"The most profound discoveries often come from the simplest observations."

The statesman， who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals， would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted， not only to no single person， but to no council or senate whatever， and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.

国家有贤德之士而不任用，不是贤德之士的过失，而应该是拥有这个国家的君主的羞耻。