选自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·申韩》。从事治学的人，需要广泛的阅读，并且需要从中吸取正确、有用的内容。

"The past is not dead. It is not even past."

比如说，你下午四点钟来。那么从三点钟起，我就开始感到幸福。时间越临近，我就越感到幸福。到了四点钟的时候，我就会坐立不安：我就会发现幸福的代价。

Memory is a slippery thing, always shifting and reshaping itself.

心有其理，理性难明。

Engineering is about solving problems, not just making things look pretty.

贫穷的循环始于对希望的放弃。

The Indian entrepreneur has to be straight and crooked, mocking and believing, sly and sincere, all at the same time.