从30英尺外看，她看起来很有档次。从10英尺外看，她看起来像是为了从30英尺外看而打扮的。
From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.
君子的为人之道是：外表暗淡无色而美德日见彰显。小人的为人之道是：外表色彩鲜明，但渐渐地消失了。君子的为人之道还在于：外表素淡而不使人厌恶，简朴而有文采，温和而又有条理，知道远是从近开始的，知道教化别人从自己做起，知道隐微的东西会逐渐显露，这样就进入圣人的美德中了。
I don’t care about money. I just want to be happy.
后见之明对历史学家乃至回忆录作者非常有用，但遗憾的是，实践中的政治家却无法拥有。
细节不是细节；它们成就了设计。
The very definition of the real becomes: that of which it is possible to give an equivalent reproduction... The real is not only what can be reproduced, but that which is always already reproduced. That is the hyperreal.