诗歌优于生活的地方在于，如果足够犀利，诗歌可能会持久。
The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last.
Pleasures， then， and the avoidance of pains， are the ends that the legislator has in view.
Nature is written in mathematical language.
我们写作不是为了被理解，而是为了理解。