The best way to predict the future is to create it.

我认为，一个人应该认识到现实，即使他不喜欢它；事实上，尤其是当他不喜欢它的时候。

The past is not fixed; it shifts with our retelling.

He tried to weigh his soul to see if it was a poet's soul.

The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes—or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two—is gone.

一个通过征税求繁荣的国家就好像一个缩在桶里想把自己提起来的人。