"The colony represents the site where the project of a new humanity is to be tested."

战略就是做出选择、权衡取舍；就是要有意识地选择与众不同。

【译文】要像瓶口那样不轻易开口，要像城防那样时时戒备。宁愿让别人辜负我，决不让自己辜负别人。做事要三思而后行，首先不要违背自己的良心。活着的老虎尚可以靠近，心地恶毒的人千万不能亲近。在你跟前说别人坏话的人，就是制造是非的小人。

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

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