历史既没有愿望也没有能力使人变得更好或更坏;它仅仅记录了他们曾经是什么以及他们做了什么。
当事人应置身于利害之外,提出倡议的人则应设身于利害之中,才能知道利害得失。
The soul is created in a place between time and eternity: with its highest powers it touches eternity, with its lower time.