The most touching epitaph I ever encountered was on the
tombstone of the printer of Edinburgh. It said simply:
He kept down the cost and set the type right.

－－－－－－－－－ by Gregory Nunn

epitaph = 墓志铭

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and
moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them;
they change and everyone looks up to them.

---------------- 孔子（Confucius）

Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow from
them.

－－－－－－－－－ by Germaine De Stael

Life is a classroom in which each of us is being tested,
tried, and passed.

----------------------- by Robert Thibodeau

If everyone is thinking alike then somebody isn't
thinking.
----------------------- by George S.Patton,

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations
in his temple before the battle is fought. The general
who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

-－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－ 孙子（Sun Tzu）

temple ＝神殿；太阳穴

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions
as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing
them.
---------------------------------- Denis Waitley

Ones oldest friend is the best.
-------------------------- Titus Maccius Plautus

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is
trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

----------------------------- Abraham Lincoln （林肯）

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－ Miguel DeCervantes

Always have your hook baited, in the pool you least think,
there will be a fish.

---------------------------------------- Ovid

这里 bait(鱼饵)当动词使用。

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker
and less effective to the user.

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－ John Tillotson

deceit and cunning ＝ 欺骗 和 诡诈

It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run,
impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

------------------ by: Richard M. DeVos,

It pays to know the enemy -- not least because at some time
you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

-------------------------- by: Margaret Thatcher,

1. I believe that every person is born with talent.
--------------------------------- Maya Angelou

2. The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.
--------------------------------- Francis H.Bradley

3. The big will get bigger; the small will get wiped out.
＝ 要有雄心壮志！
--------------------------------- Meshulam Riklis

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