The past is never dead. It's not even past.

他是一个一直太骄傲而不愿寻求帮助的人，现在他太骄傲而不愿接受帮助。

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

一个毫无幽默感的小孩要走过漫漫人生，真悲哀。