The spread of liberal democracy around the world is not inevitable, but it is the most likely outcome.
自由民主在世界范围内的传播并非不可避免，但它是最有可能的结果。
我是最棒的说唱歌手。
译文：奢侈无度可以让家业衰败，过于吝啬也可以让家业衰败；过于愚笨可以坏事，精明过于也可以坏事。赏析：挥霍无度，浪费钱财，过分追求物质享受，再多的家产也可以被败光，而过分吝啬，不懂得散财，不懂得让金钱为我所用，再多的家产都无法产生价值。只会赚钱，不会用钱，金钱将失去意义；只会用钱，不会赚钱，金钱无处可来。人如果愚钝不开，就不会明白世间的道理，做事毫无章法，自然难以成事；而人过于精明，不懂得收敛锋芒，处处要占上风，处处算计别人，做事也难以成功。
In heaven， all the interesting people are missing.
The writer’s life is a meaningless question. I’m interested in the books.
我们都在努力用被赋予的一切来经营生活。
The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, cannot be satisfied by economic activity alone.
The greatest predictor of a novel's quality is the novelist's willingness to confront the unlovely truth about himself or herself.