The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last.
I pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.
可怜的是那些快乐取决于他人许可的人。
没有人会发动战争——或者说,理智的人不应该这样做——除非他首先清楚自己希望通过战争实现什么目标以及如何指挥战争。