The past is always tense, the future perfect.

世界不仅仅是我们所看到的样子。它是我们理解它的方式，不是吗？在理解某件事物时，我们赋予了它一些东西，不是吗？这不就是让生活成为一个故事吗？

The world is not a rectangle.

The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition， when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security， is so powerful a principle that it is alone， and without any assistance， not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations.

这是最好的时代，这是最坏的时代。