最伟大的故事是那些揭示人性复杂性的故事。
We are all products of an unbroken lineage.
译文:结交朋友如果是为了脸面有光,那不如结交对自己有身心有益的朋友;教导子弟求取富贵荣华,不如告诉子弟们养成良好的品行。赏析:《大学》一书中说:自天子以至于庶人,壹是皆以修身为本。意思是说,不管是天子还是百姓,都应该把修身作为自己的立身之本。做事就是做人,人做好了,事情自然就会成。
Never give up on your dreams, no matter how impossible they may seem.
译文:学习不以广博为贵,贵在学得正确,说话不以漂亮动听为贵,贵在表达得当。赏析:读书求学要走正道,要有正确的学习观,不能学习旁门左道。和别人交往,说话不一定要动听,一定要正确表达,不要出口伤人。
Twenty years of romance make a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage make her look like a public building.
In the silence of reading, we find the loudest truths.