The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero, but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
称王天下的国家,民众富有;称霸天下的国家,谋士富有;勉强存在的国家,大臣富有;丧失王道的国家,仓库富有。点评:贞观二年,唐太宗让有关部门去清点隋朝国库留下的物资。等数字报上来后,太宗大为惊讶。原来,「隋文(帝)不怜百姓而惜仓库,比至末年,计天下储积,得供五六十年……」
你微微地笑着,不同我说什么话。而我觉得,为了这个,我已等待得久了。
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.