自身无灾无病，感受不到快乐，等到生病卧床，才了解到无灾无病的快乐；家中平安无事，感受不到快乐，等到祸事临头，才体会到平安无事的快乐。

It is the preoccupation with possessions， more than anything else， that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

伟大的传记应该像一幅肖像，既能捕捉光明也能捕捉阴影。

"The past is never truly past; it lives in our stories and in our bones."

以这样奢侈的国君,去统治那些爱好奢侈的臣民,想要国家不动乱,是不可能的。