追求纯粹的美是一种陷阱，是通往痛苦和悲伤的快车道。

The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most political part of the human personality because it is what drives people to want to be recognized as superior to others.

I prefer to supervise the whole operations of the government myself rather than entrust the public business to subordinates, and this makes my duties very great.

过去永远不会消逝，它甚至从未过去。

黄金时代在我们面前而不在我们背后。