History is alive in the stories we tell.

The past shapes the present, and the present shapes the future.

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt, and the profoundest wisdom to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

过去是你记得的、想象你记得的、说服自己记得的或假装记得的东西。

同行很少聚在一起，即使是为了娱乐，谈话最终都会以反对公众的阴谋或提高价格的某种策划而结束。