拿古代的情况作标准来看今天的事情，这是对今天不正确的看法；拿今天的情况要求古人，这是不正确的历史观。此言时代不同，社会情况就会不同，因此考察古今，论定古今人物或事件，都不能持相同的标准，而必须结合不同情势具体对待。
Stories are not just entertainment; they are the way we understand the world and our place in it.
"History is not the story of strangers, aliens from another realm; it is the story of us had we been born a little earlier."