"A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it, an apostle is unlikely to look out."

Art is the evidence of a life fully lived.

Learning is not just about finding patterns, but about understanding the underlying mechanisms that generate those patterns.

【释义】见识浅溥的人，偶尔了解一件事，便声称自己已经懂得很多了。【延伸】当瓶子里只有半瓶水的时候，摇摇晃晃，在太阳下还晃得人眼花，发出声音。而当水满的时候，是静声不动的，就好像没有什么东西一样。越优秀的人，越谦卑。

小规模养殖户是这个行业的支柱，他们的知识是无价的。

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly; but I don’t see any chance of it just at present.

The great epochs of our life are the occasions when we gain the courage to rebaptize our badness as the best in us.

解释：手指粗于胳膊， 胳膊粗于大腿， 病情必然很重。