译文：奉承的话顺从了人的内心容易让人高兴，直率的话不能接受让人容易发怒。赏析：奉承的话虽然好听，但能让人迷失自我，直率的话虽然逆耳，但能让人清醒。我们少听阿谀的谗言，多听直率的忠言。
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
I don't make music for the masses, I make music for myself.
I'm not a rapper, I'm a Pulitzer winner.
国家一定要有直言进谏的臣子，上级必须有敢于提出反对意见的下级，议论国政的人不停止，各种不同政见的人相互辩论，才可以长久保存国家，使国家兴盛强大。也就是说言论自由是民众的基本权利，每个人都可以提出不同的政见，民众有平等参与政治的权利。
"The most important thing a child can learn from a book is that they matter."