The novel is a lie that tells the truth, a lie that is more true than reality itself.

一个运动员，为了能在百米比赛上场，至少要练上一万英里。数量带来经验。

The strictness of Russian laws is softened by the non-obligatory nature of their execution.

The best leaders are those who can balance vision with practicality.

美德不在于避免恶习，而在于不渴望它。

Trust is the expectation that arises within a community of regular, honest, and cooperative behavior, based on commonly shared norms, on the part of other members of that community.

My dad was my best friend and greatest role model.

Thinking consists in envisaging, realizing structural features and structural requirements.

The metropolis exacts from man as a discriminating creature a different amount of consciousness than does rural life.

【译文】 孔子说：“君子和睦相处而不同流合污，小人同流合污而不能和睦相处。”