1. If you don’t understand pain, you are not a good man.

From: Hugo (French writer).

Interpretation: If you have not experienced painful life, you are not a person worthy of respect.

2. The three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the will.

From: "The Analects of Confucius·Zihan".

Interpretation: The army can be without generals, but ordinary people cannot be without ideals. A person should have firm beliefs and unswerving determination. .

3. Reading all good books means talking to many noble people.

From: Descartes (French philosopher, mathematician, physicist).

Interpretation: All good books are like talking to the most outstanding people in the world in the past.

4. Suffering is the teacher of life. Through suffering, you can move towards joy.

From: Beethoven (a famous German musician).

Interpretation: Suffering can sharpen people's will. Through fighting against suffering, you will accumulate more life experience, so suffering is the teacher of life. Only through suffering and brave struggle can we achieve success and move towards happiness.

5. Rather than looking for fish in the abyss, it is better to retreat and build a net.

From: "Historical Records of Hanshu Biography of Dong Zhongshu".

Interpretation: When you stand by the river pond, instead of eagerly anticipating and dreaming about catching fish, you might as well go back and work hard to build a good fishing net, so that you don't have to worry about not getting fish. He warned rulers that in order to govern the country well, they must grasp the fundamental concepts and systems.

6. Among all living beings, who doesn’t love life? Love life to the extreme, and then love the group.

From: Qiu Jin (an advocate of Chinese women’s rights and women’s studies, and a patriot of modern democratic revolution).

Interpretation: There are so many people in the world, who doesn’t cherish their own life? When you cherish your own life to a certain extent, you will be sublimated and love everyone.

7. The sparrows play with the fan firewood, and the swans are safe.

From: Cao Zhi (a famous writer in Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period).

Interpretation: To despise others and say that others are like swans and sparrows compared with themselves.