真相会让你自由。但在它完成对你的作用之前不会。
The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.
选自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·申韩》。曲木，弯曲的木头。恶，厌恶、怕。绳，木匠用以裁曲取直的墨绳。奸邪，奸邪之人。正法，公正无私的法律。这句话以曲木畏直绳作类比，说明公正无私之法对奸邪之人的威慑作用。
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.