The state, therefore, has not existed from all eternity. There have been societies that did without it, that had no notion of the state or state power. At a certain stage of economic development, which was necessarily bound up with the split of society into classes, the state became a necessity.

一个民族的活力随天气和季节而变化。

人类心智的结构更适合更新世而非现代世界。

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.