我们生命中的伟大时刻是当我们获得勇气将我们的恶行重新命名为我们最好的部分的时候。

To men like that, time was a surfeit, a barrel they watched slowly drain. When really, he thinks, it’s a glowing puddle you carry in your hands; you should spend all your energy protecting it.

出自唐代诗人韦应物《寄李儋元锡》，梁羽生在《大唐游侠传》中引用

评论人物，应该充分肯定他的长处，宽容地谅解他的短处；办理事务，应该首先弄清它的害处，然后再衡量它的利处。

The structure of the international system, not the intentions of individual states, is the primary determinant of state behavior.