Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks.

银行要处理好发展与风险的关系，既不能因循守旧，也不能盲目冒进。

而是根据国家的具体情况，去掉那些无益于实用的东西，这就足够使国家的财利增加一倍了。 

A composer's biography is written in his scores, not in his letters or diaries.

In business, adaptability is just as important as strategy.