"History is not the past. It is the method we have evolved of organizing our ignorance of the past."
历史不是过去。它是我们进化出来的组织我们对过去无知的方法。
Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
Every man over forty is responsible for his face.
"The most ordinary life contains extraordinary stories."
一切都是旧的。没有别的。曾经尝试过，曾经失败过。没关系。再试一次。再失败一次。失败得更好一点。
现实主义不是复制自然，而是理解其本质。