All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I’m not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are.
The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do, and are their own fault.
It is not the task of history to judge, but to understand.
天地没有偏爱，视万物如草扎的狗；圣人没有偏爱，视百姓如草扎的狗。（引自《道德经》，萧鼎在《诛仙》中化用）