Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

最终，所有的故事都是关于在一个看似无意义的世界中寻找意义。

译文：家境纵然贫寒，也要让孩子读书学习；人即使飞黄腾达了，也不能忘记耕种劳作的艰辛。赏析：积金千两，不如明解经书。有田不耕仓廪虚，有书不读子孙愚。从古至今，无数的先贤都在告诉我们，读书是有很多好处的。贫穷不忘恩，富贵不忘本。

诗歌优于生活的地方在于，如果它足够尖锐，可能会持久。

"Understanding the mechanisms of life is like unraveling the greatest mystery of the universe."