Diplomacy is to make your enemy your friend, not to make your friend your enemy.
宁可别人对不起我,不要我对不起别人。
教人学习却坚持有天命的观点,这就好像叫人包起头发来却有去掉了他的帽子。 
Every case is a story, and every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end.
The meaning of a sentence is not just in the words themselves, but also in the illocutionary act it performs.