引自孟德斯鸠，刘凯湘在《民法总论》中引用并阐释其意义

Truth is often stranger than fiction.

I'm the reason your stars won't twinkle.

"每个人都有自己的故事，而作家的任务就是把这些故事编织成永恒的文字。"

译文：山间的溪水容易上涨和退却，小人的心思容易反反复复。赏析：君子胸怀坦荡，光明磊落，真诚待人，和君子相处，如沐春风，让人心旷神怡。而小人心胸狭窄，鸡肠鼠肚，睚眦必报，和小人交往，无异于和豺狼同行。

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.