人们自己创造自己的历史，但是他们并不是随心所欲地创造，并不是在他们自己选定的条件下创造，而是在直接碰到的、既定的、从过去继承下来的条件下创造。

“I call architecture frozen music…” - Goethe

纵横计不就，慷慨志犹存

Programming languages should be designed not by piling feature on top of feature, but by removing the weaknesses and restrictions that make additional features appear necessary

When you are on the dancefloor, there is nothing to do but dance.

—— Umberto Eco, *The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana*