"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes."

真相很少是纯粹的，也从不简单。

释义：不考虑在安逸的环境中要想到危难，用节俭来戒除奢侈，不使自己的道德处于深厚的境界，不能使自己的情欲战胜物质欲望，这就像砍伐树木的根却想要树木长得茂盛，堵塞水的源头却想要水流得长远一样荒谬。 

史记

There are tracts in my life that are bare and silent. They are the open spaces where my busy days had their light and air.