历史上的大战——我们在布匿战争中已经看到这一点——源于国家间的不平衡发展。

The true genius shudders at incompleteness — and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it ought to be.

Reading is a form of prayer, a guided meditation that momentarily makes us believe we're someone else.

【释义】：礼节重在相互回应。送出礼遇而对方不回应，这是不合礼数的；接受了别人的礼遇却不回报，同样也是不符合礼的要求。