It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.

写作是一种思考的方式，一种理解世界的方式。

The spread of liberal democracy around the world is not inevitable, but it is the most likely outcome.

最重要的是不要失去信心。

释义：贫穷和低贱本身并不是耻辱，而通过谄媚、乞求他人来获取利益才是真正的耻辱。