Old age is not interesting until one gets there.

法律规则不是自我执行的；它们需要人的代理才能生效。

如果中原真的能消除战乱，我们两个老头子又何妨老死在戍边之地。

"I think people believe in heaven because they don’t like the idea of dying, because they want to carry on living and they don’t like the idea that other people will move into their house and put their things into the rubbish."

The truth is not always comfortable, but it is necessary.