我们都被过去所困扰，过去总是存在的。
"We are all haunted by the past, and the past is always present."
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
天子认为对的未必对，天子认为错的未必错
We are all of us, every day, engaged in the act of creating ourselves.
预测未来的最好方法就是创造未来。
I prefer to supervise the whole operations of the government myself rather than entrust the public business to subordinates, and this makes my duties very great.