人生即使有百年之期，但夭折、长寿、困厄或通达都无法预先知道。

出自先秦《荀子·解蔽》。大凡是人，往往都有惑于枝节问题而看不清大局的毛病。说明人性的弱点：看问题不全面，往往惑于表面现象，结果“只见树木，不见森林”，“捡了芝麻，丢了西瓜”。

You can fool all the people some of the time, some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

A great novel is one that leaves the reader changed.