过去是一个异国他乡;他们在那里行事不同。
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
自然现象的多样性如此之大,天空中隐藏的宝藏如此丰富,正是为了使人类的思想永远不乏新鲜的滋养。
The historian is a prophet looking backwards.
"To write is to confront the chaos of existence and find meaning within it."