The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

仲弓问仁。孔子说：“出门时要象会见贵宾一样庄重，建工程时要象举行盛大祭典一样严肃。自己不愿做的，不要强加于人。同事中相处融洽，亲属中和睦友爱。”仲弓说：“我虽不才，愿照此办理。”

The work of art is a mirror of the soul.

海洋不仅是一种资源；它是我们必须为子孙后代承担的责任。