译文：议论别人的不足之处，这不能叫做直爽，帮助别人做坏事，这不能叫做义气。赏析：闲谈莫论人非，对别人的缺点和不足揪着不放，这不是一个智者所为，帮助别人做坏事，不是善举，而是助纣为虐。

不去尝试办不到的事情, 不去追求得不到的东西, 不居于不能持久的地位, 不推行不可重复的政策。

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

Every story I write starts with a question I can't answer.

The lab is where imagination meets reality, often with explosive results.

作家的生活是一种失败的生活。

Reason to rule, but mercy to forgive: the first is law, the last prerogative.