荒，荒淫。乱，动乱。之，的。萌，根源、萌芽。 统治者的荒淫是国家动乱的根源。这是魏源的政治卓见。因为统治者一旦荒淫，就不会以国事为重了。如此，上下交怨，天下岂能不乱？因此，力戒荒淫，乃是当权者应当牢记的信念。

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation.

I hate when I'm on a flight and I wake up with a water bottle next to me like oh great now I gotta be responsible for this water bottle.

"Loneliness is not lack of company, loneliness is lack of purpose."