过去并没有死去；它甚至还没有过去。

A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.

The essence of poverty is that tomorrow’s uncertainties devour today’s possibilities.

过去是你所记得的，想象你记得的，说服自己记得的，或假装记得的。

In the end, we are all just stories.

I don't want to be the best in the world. I want to be the best for the world.

译文：亲近贤臣，疏远小人，这是西汉兴盛的原因;亲近小人，疏远贤臣，这是东汉衰败的原因。