在我的国家，要当上总统，得先待过监狱一回。
译文：有钱有酒的时候，身边就有兄弟朋友，可遭遇困难的时候，身边哪里能看一个人呢。赏析：远离为了利益而交的朋友，结交相互欣赏，相互帮助的知心朋友。酒肉朋友再多也不如一个知心朋友。
学习不仅仅是记忆的问题；它是创造的问题。
Sometimes, simply living is an act of resistance.
The best architecture comes from a careful understanding of context.
选自《盐铁论·孝养》。距：通“拒”。【大意】拒绝接受别人意见的视听闭塞，自己独断专行的就会遭到孤立。
The essence of strategy is choosing a unique and valuable position rooted in systems of activities that are much more difficult to match.
To feel much for others and little for ourselves； to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections， constitute the perfection of human nature.
The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.