"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
语出西汉·桓宽《盐铁论·疾贪》。表:古代测量日影以计时的标杆。要想让影子正,就要先将标杆树直;要想让下面的人清廉,就要先自己做到清廉。说明上位是下位的表率。
西方赢得了世界,并不是因为其思想、价值观或宗教的优越性,而是因为在应用有组织的暴力方面的优势。
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.