It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you’ve made, and there’s this panic because you don’t know yet the scale of disaster you’ve left yourself open to.

在我看来，语言是我们取之不尽的魔法源泉。

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

国家本质上是具有侵略性和扩张性的。

释义：以自己的欲望去顺从他人的人会昌盛，以他人的欢乐来满足自己私欲的人会灭亡。这句话强调了顺应民意与自私自利的不同结局。