历史学家必须是诗人，不是为了创造，而是为了重新创造。

To do things with words is not a special kind of doing， but a special kind of speaking.

释义：圆的器物容易滚动，而方的器物则易于停止，这是器物的差异；金属刚硬而水则柔弱，这是它们的物性不同。

The concept of a legal system presupposes the concept of a rule.

My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.

我们都在阴沟里，但仍有人仰望星空。