What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

Sometimes, it's not that the other person doesn't care about you, but that you care too much about them.

The present state of the system of nature is evidently a consequence of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.

To predict tomorrow’s weather， I need not take into account the state of mind of the Emperor of Manchukuo.

The truth is, we all have our own versions of reality, and sometimes those versions don't align with the facts.

人物以品格为重，假如存有一点卑劣污浊的思想，就不能称为顶天立地的丈夫；品格以行为为重，假如做过一件令人惭愧 的事情，也不能尊为泰山北斗的人品。