【译文】 孔子说：“譬如堆山，还差一筐，没堆成就停了，功亏一篑是自己造成的；譬如填坑，只倒一筐，继续填下去，坚持不懈是自己决定的。”

摆脱诱惑的唯一方法就是屈服于它。

我们需要关注政策的实际结果，而不仅仅是其预期效果。

I'm very confident in my decisions because I make them for myself.

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.