未经反思的人生是半生,而传记就是那面镜子。
求学的最大益处,在于自我改变气质。
过去是一个无处不在的阴影。
A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea.
How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life.
史记