如果你是艺术家，你会试图理解这样或那样的事物。
If you're an artist, you try to make sense out of one thing or another.
读书人如果不树立良好的品德，必定写不出好文章。
The great powers are always searching for opportunities to gain power at the expense of their rivals, and they will use force if they think it will profit them.