The state, therefore, has not existed from all eternity. There have been societies that did without it, that had no notion of the state or state power. At a certain stage of economic development, which was necessarily bound up with the split of society into classes, the state became a necessity.

拟像从不掩盖真相——是真相掩盖了没有真相的事实。拟像就是真相。

最好的投资往往是那些在当时看起来疯狂的项目。

译文：想要看清一个人，应当看看他交的是什么朋友。

保持饥饿，保持愚蠢。