Who is able to be egotistical needs to be strong too. 有本事任性的人,也要有本事坚强. What is egotistical? Is it the same to be arrogant? To some extent, to be egotistical is the same as to be arrogant, and we know, such characters often annoy others. But there are…

We are who we choose to be. 要成为怎样的人,选择在于自己. From Barry Manilow. I believe that we are who we choose to be. Nobody is going to come and save us, we have got to save ourselves. Nobody is going to give us anything, we have got to go out and fight for it…

Life doesn't get easier, you just get stronger. 生活从未变得轻松,是你在一点一点变得坚强. So in the same way we can get the other opposite conclusion: Life doesn't get harder, you just get weaker. Is the conclusion right? The answer depends on our own experience. It is…

Happiness is when the desolated soul meets love. 幸福是孤寂的灵魂遭遇爱的邂逅. When living alone for a long period, I find I gradually lose the capability of controlling my temper. I always flared up at the trival things, or sometimes answered the kindness from my…

Discontent is the first step in progress. 不知足是前进中的第一步. Several days ago, I wrote down a quote which has the same meaning as this one, and that quote goes as following: Only the mediocre are always at their best. In the other word, if you are content…

Care and diligence bring luck. 谨慎和勤奋,带来好运气. In my opinion, care and diligence may just gurantee us a safe result, not bad or so, they can't always bring us a good luck, sometimes they even become the barrier that can deter us from obtaining tremendou…

Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune. 人对自己的命运总是感到不满足. We always want more, even when we have owned enough, or when we have been paid enough. Actually, I think all these things, money, beauty, knowledge, life, offspring, are never enough. Dis…

Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get. 人生就像一盒巧克力,结果往往出人意料. Compared to the uncertainties in life, I would rather say there are much more things that you will know what the results would be like in advance, just based…

A lot of things, we can be touched, but we can not shed tears. 很多事情,我们可以感动,却不能流泪. Sometimes I was touched by the scenes I saw, that often made me think about what I would do if I was the one in such cases, but I seldom shed tears because I know that…

Truth and roses have thorns about them. 真理和玫瑰,身边都有刺. Yesterday, I met with a young, beautiful professional lady who works as the senior course consultants at the EF Education. When talking with such kind of women, I always feel uncomfortable and pay…

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. 相聚爱益切,离别情更深. There is almost no such love that can ignore the impacts of time and space. Even the deepest and the most passionate love may go sour along with the time and distance. I have ever listened…

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. 进步是今天的活动,明天的保证. The best preparation for tomorrow is doing our best today. Like all the top buildings, without exception, are based on solid foundations, our life, especially the future…

Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well. 任何值得做的,就把它做好. Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well, that can be seen as a guideline in our life and work. Once we have evaluated the feasibility of one project, if we think it is worthing doing, we…

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind. 爱,不在眼里,而在心中. Staring in her eyes and you will find your image. If the two are living in different places, can you think of what she is like in your mind? When making some important decisions, we have t…

There are no regrets in life, just lessons. 人生中没有后悔,只有教训. Some people can learn from their past mistakes and never make the same mistake again. But some people only regret for their past failures and seldom learn lessons from their negative experienc…

All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend. 人世间所有的荣华富贵都比不上有一个好朋友. It's great to have a good friend, but I think it's greater and more splendid to have a considerable amout of wealth. Because wealth can bring us much more people to meet…

I hope I can find the one who is afraid of losing me. 我希望找到一个担心失去我的人. When I was young, sometimes I threatened my parents that I would commit suicide if they kept on blaming me for my misdeeds. Now I grow up into an adult, I realize that I rally had…

Courage is grace under pressure. 勇气就是压力下的优雅. In the face of stress, can you deal with your task smoothly? I can't, I can't keep calm, because I am vulnerable to pressures. I just become anxious if facing the pressures, but I seldom take measures to r…

Summertime is always the best of what might be. 万物最美的一面,总在夏季展现. From Charles Bowden. It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside. It was a song, it was a season. And I wondered if that sea…

If you are not brave enough, no one will back you up. 如果你不够勇敢,没人会替你坚强. I was told that the real man can smile in trouble, gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. I learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph…

Do what you say, say what you do. 做你说过的,说你能做的. Do what I have said, live up to my promise, answer the expectations with gold. Sometimes we have to boast a little more than what we have done. It is just an effective tactic to win. However, if we boast…

Mountains look beautiful from a distance. 远处看山山更美. This gnomic seems to circulate very long, its more universal version is the distance can produce the beauty, alleged far see a flower, see posse hemp nearly. Yes, the distance produces beauty, while…

The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship. 最大的孤独莫过于没有真诚的友谊. I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. 我走得慢,但从不后退.…

好气啊,本来以为比赛时间还有很多,结果回家养病两天回到学校怎么比赛就结束了(雾),大约是小高考弄错了时间? 挑3道有意思的写写题解吧. Cloning 题目大意:给一个序列,每次询问两个等长区间,问区间内的数是否排序后至多只有一个对应位不同. 题解:主席树维护一下hash,求出最大的k,使得两个区间中的前k大在排序后相同,然后判一下后缀即可. #include<cstdio> #include<algorithm> #define MN 110000 #define ull uns…

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning. 如果学习是一根蜡烛,那好奇心就是烛芯. From William Arthur Ward. Please keep curiosity strong. We were all born with curiosity, but many of us might lose our curiosity all too soon. But curiosity is very important to our…

Beautiful things don't ask for attention. 真正美丽的东西,并不会刻意寻求别人的注目. From The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. To see the world, things dangerous to come, to see behind walls, draw closer, and to feel. That is the purpose of life. There is an infinity of beau…

Where words fail, music speaks. 言语无法表达时,音乐就会响起. From Hans Christian Andersen. Where words fail, music speaks. It speaks of the pain, of the sorrow, of the lost, of the life we live. It shares emotions, it is a way to connect, to understand what other…

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience. 要敢于冒险,你的经历是无可替代的. From Paulo Coelho. Each step may be a challenge. Each day can become a joy. No one can destroy an unstoppable spirit. The worst and the best is yet to come. To create awarenes…

True love is visible not to the eyes but to the heart. 真爱不靠眼睛看,要用心感受. True love is visible not to the eyes but to the heart, for eyes would be deceived. True knowledge is acuired not by reading books or learning from others, it is acquired only by pr…

Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other. 安康喜乐,相生相成. From Joseph Addison. Good health is always one of the best blessings we can get in our life. But how to keep healthy? It is said that cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as…