A society that does not value its intellectuals is doomed to fail.

开始的最好方式是停止说话，开始行动。

我不能选择那最好的，是那最好的选择了我。

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

I must confess that I never could see any beauty in her. Her face is too thin; her complexion has no brilliancy; and her features are not at all handsome. Her nose wants character; there is nothing marked in its lines. Her teeth are tolerable, but not out of the common way; and as for her eyes, which have sometimes been called so fine, I could never see anything extraordinary in them.

对于那些必须承受其后果的人来说，战争还没有结束。