The best way to untangle a knotty tangle is not to “untie” the knots， but to keep pulling the loops apart wider and wider. Just make the mess as big， loose and open as possible. As you open up the knots they will unravel themselves. Works on cords， strings， hoses， yarns， or electronic cables.

写作是对人类的一种爱的行为。

"Stories are the way we make sense of the past and imagine the future."

林肯的政敌批评林肯有“两面三刀”时的幽默回应。因为就政治人物而言，林肯的长相极不讨喜，像个野猴

数学的美在于它是永恒的，它不会改变。

The severe morals of the early Romans produced a race of men who were neither superstitiously devout nor philosophically skeptical.