How Great Is the Gap Between You and 'Cultural People'?
1. I know she's unattractive, but because she is our benefactor, I don't want to look at her closely. It's cruel to scrutinize ugly people. – Qian Zhongshu
2. Things that don't know themselves, even looking in a mirror won't help. – Qian Zhongshu
3. You aren't disliked, but you're utterly useless. – Qian Zhongshu
4. To become an immortal is to be a human being; even when born on earth, one must aspire to heaven. – Lu Xun
5. Wasting someone else's time is equivalent to committing murder. – Lu Xun
6. A person who imagines they don't understand things easily creates a romantic illusion. – Wang Xiaobo
7. When everyone slides downwards in the same direction, they will inevitably converge in a low-lying place, clustering together like maggots in a cesspool. – Wang Xiaobo
8. The key to survival is to remain foolish, while never knowing how stupid you are. – Wang Xiaobo
9. Some people's faces are as awful as a miscarriage case; Fatty Pu Gu's 'Fat Gu's Embroidered Sleeves' – the sleeves grew fatter and fatter. – Mu Xin
10. The opposite of what is sung with Chinese male singers is love. – Mu Xin
Mu Xin is like an incredibly sharp-tongued and erudite old man, and he loves this feeling.
11. The world doesn't owe you, it's been here long before you were born. – Mark Twain
12. Didn't see it clearly, yet it turned out well! That person, a round, coconut-like head, with hair combed backward and a face in front, and combed forward in the back – it's impossible to distinguish. – Zhang Ailing
13. Most people are ugly, but they don't even know how to be more amiable, which is a pity. – James Morrow
14. What's the main reason for divorce? Marriage. – Oscar Wilde
15. That face is like a piece of merchandise that couldn't be sold in the 19th century, and was smashed in one's hand in the 20th century. – Shusaku Endo
16. If the spring breeze always blows across such a plain and unremarkable face, it would surely become bored. – Shusaku Endo
17. I wanted to spit on you, but I was afraid of polluting my saliva. – William Shakespeare
18. Old age is enough; why complicate things by becoming more refined? – Liang Shih-ch'un
These comments are profoundly insightful. Truly, people with wisdom are different, and everyone should learn from writers like this. Collect them and memorize them for when needed.
