"History is not the past but a map of the past, drawn from a particular point of view, to be useful to the modern traveller."
历史不是过去，而是一张从特定视角绘制的地图，对现代旅行者有用。
世界上最成功的社会是那些能够在国家、市场和公民社会之间创造平衡的社会。
"Cada palavra escrita é um ato de coragem, uma declaração de existência."
It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.
"La literatura es siempre una expedición a la verdad."
我们都被过去的线索联系在一起，无论我们是否知道。