The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

我们都是由我们所失去的和所获得的东西共同塑造的。

文学的美在于它让我们在一生中活出多种生活。

译文：君主没有威严而权力旁落左右近臣之手。