I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools.

求和者就是希望鳄鱼最后一个吃自己的人。

Writing is a matter of finding a voice to listen to the voices inside you.

The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.

亲眼目睹世道的变化趋向，才知道国家治乱的关键必定在于人心的向背和风俗的好坏。

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.