International politics is a brutal and unforgiving arena, where states constantly strive to maximize their power and security.

每个艺术家的目标都是用人为的手段来捕捉运动（即生命），并将其固定，以便一百年后，当一个陌生人看着它时，它又动了起来，因为它就是生命。

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

It is remarkable that a science which began with the consideration of games of chance should have become the most important object of human knowledge.

所以,在收成好的年头,百姓就仁义善良；遇到荒年,那么百姓也会吝啬而凶恶。

The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it adjusts them to itself.

虽然说是爱它，其实是害它；虽然说是为它担忧，其实是与它为敌

这种我们能创造一个每个人的能力都忠实地被分级，好的就到顶端，坏的就到底部，而且保证过程毫无差错，这是不可能的。这世上有太多偶然的契机，不同的机运，出身，疾病，从天而降的意外等等，我们却无法将这些因素分级，无法完全忠实的将人分级。