过去并非单一叙事，而是相互关联的故事网络。
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.
We are all of us, every day, engaged in the act of creating ourselves.
臣民对主权者的义务，只要主权者能保护他们，就持续存在，否则就不再存在。
I hold every man a debtor to his profession； from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit， so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves by way of amends to be a help and ornament thereunto.