The present state of the system of nature is evidently a consequence of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.

魔鬼最厉害的伎俩就是让世界相信他不存在。

It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality.

经济周期不仅仅是围绕某个平滑趋势的波动，而是经济受到根本性冲击的结果。