田野荒芜废弃，人民也将由此而惰怠；君主挥霍无度，则人民胡作妄为。

He was a man who had always been too busy to live, and now he was too busy to die.

世界是由故事构成的，而非原子。

幸福的家庭不过是提前的天堂。

写作是对遗忘的一种抵抗形式。

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Incentives matter because they guide behavior in predictable ways.

今天种植的每一棵树都是对更绿色明天的投资。