除了诱惑之外，我可以抵抗任何事物。

Machinery and labor-saving devices are only valuable as they serve to reduce the cost of manufacture.

译文：积德行善，祥瑞自然会降临，作恶多端，祸殃会不请自来，可以看出人世间已分出天堂和地狱。赏析：人生在世，多做好事，莫做恶事。好事做得多，不仅是帮自己积福，更是帮子孙后代积福。坏事做尽，迟早会遭到上天的惩罚，即使不报应在自身，也会报应在子孙后代。

小说不仅仅是一个故事；它是一个建构的物体，一种必须尽可能完美的艺术技巧。

"The beauty of cinema is that it allows us to see the world through someone else's eyes."

The act of writing is an act of resistance against forgetting.

Art is the lie that tells the truth.

掌权者总是从弱小的平民手中掠夺权力。这就是他们积累权力，成为统治者的方式。