The task of a diplomat is to pursue the maximum interests for their country while avoiding unnecessary conflicts and frictions.

完成比完美更重要。

我们都是由我们所失去的和我们所获得的共同塑造的。

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

时间是个小偷。

解释：时机未到，就不能勉强行事；行事不探求事理，就不可能达到成功。