真实的定义变成了：可以给出等价复制的东西……真实不仅是能够被复制的东西，而且是总是已经被复制的东西。
The very definition of the real becomes: that of which it is possible to give an equivalent reproduction... The real is not only what can be reproduced, but that which is always already reproduced.
A verdadeira viagem de descobrimento não consiste em procurar novas paisagens, mas em ter novos olhos.
The task of a diplomat is to pursue the maximum interests for their country while avoiding unnecessary conflicts and frictions.
The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.
真相往往是丑陋的，但它必须被说出来。
A ship is always referred to as "she" because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.
A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.