That “democracy” is a somewhat vague term which I cannot define precisely. We ought to say, therefore: “I am fairly certain that it is a good thing if a government has something of the characteristics that are common to the British and American Constitutions,” or something of this sort.
Writing is a way of fighting against oblivion, against death.
城市是各种力量碰撞的战场,而建筑是这些冲突的调解者。
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.
In this trifling affair, that misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness. At all events, the two latter are of less frequent occurrence.