The most classic sentence from 50 world-famous works

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1. If God decides to go against people, then it’s something that no one can deal with. (The Iliad) 2. To live or to die – this is a question worth pondering. (Hamlet) 3. Though the good person may get lost in their pursuit, they will eventually realize that there is a right path to follow. (Faust) 4. Recognizing one’s own ignorance is the most reliable way to understand the world. (“Essays”) 5. Do you think that just because I’m poor and unattractive, I have no feelings? I swear to you that if God had granted me wealth and beauty, I would keep you by my side just as I can’t leave you now. Although God hasn’t done that, we are still equal in spirit. (Jane Eyre) 6. The adults have gone astray; God is testing them. You haven’t yet been tested, so you should live according to the way of children. (“Childhood”) 7. The less compassion you have, the faster you can rise to power. By attacking others without mercy, you make them fear you; they are forced to use men and women as mere tools, riding them until they’re exhausted, then discarding them when they reach their destination. In this way, you can reach the peak of your desires. (“Father Goriot”) 8. I just want to prove one thing: that at that time the devil tempted me, and later told me that I had no right to take that path, because I was nothing but a flea, just like all the others. (“Crime and Punishment”) 9. Look, friend Sancho Panza, there appear over thirty giants of extraordinary size over there. (Don Quixote) 10. I do not wish for you to suffer more than I have suffered, Heathcliff. I only hope that we will never be separated. If there are any words of mine that might cause you pain in the future, remember that I feel the same pain even from beneath the ground. For my own sake, please forgive me! (Wuthering Heights) 11. Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. (Anna Karenina) 12. Alas, Italy, a slave-like land, a place of sorrow and misery; you are like a ship without a rudder in a storm. You are no longer the wife of a household head in various provinces, but merely a *courtyard! (Dante’s Divine Comedy) 13. It can be a bad thing to bury feelings too deep; if a woman hides her feelings for the man she loves, she might lose the chance to win him over. (Pride and Prejudice) 14. The bells rang again… once after another, quietly and peacefully; even in that lovely month when a woman becomes a bride, there was always a hint of autumn in the sound of those bells. (“The Sound and the Fury”) 15. A man is not born to be defeated; you can destroy him, but you cannot defeat him. (The Old Man and the Sea) 16. Of course, it’s good that it works; that’s certainly fine, but be sure not to cause any trouble. (The Man in a Case) 17. Bread! Bread! We want bread! (“Sprouts”) 18. I have never loved this world, and it feels the same way about me. (Selected Poems of Byron) 19. Love should give one a sense of freedom, not a sense of imprisonment. (Son and Lover) 20. On that day, the storm will even knock down some oaks; some of the church towers will collapse, and some palaces as well will be shaken! (Selected Poems of Heine) 21. Those whose own actions are the most shameful are always the first to speak ill of others. (“The Hypocrite”) 22. At that moment, a spiritual reflection arose in me: I realized that life is composed of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles making up the vast majority of it. (Selected Short Stories of O. Henry) 23. History loves heroic and bold deeds, but it also condemns the consequences arising from such deeds. (“The Mysterious Island”) 24. Throughout the second half of the day, everyone left Bovary to think on her own. Although she had always been addressed as “Madam,” now people simply called her “Miss.” No one really knew why this was the case; it seemed as though she had once reached a certain status through her actions, but now people wanted to pull her down from that status, making her realize that her position was shameful. (“Selected Short Stories by Maupassant”) 25. If winter comes, can spring be far behind? (“Selected Poems by Shelley”) 26. I understand now; I have found the answer to existence—the answer that disgusts me, the answer to my entire life. In fact, everything I understand can be reduced to the fundamental concept of absurdity. (Nausea) 27. There are such fortunate people in the world who turn their own suffering into happiness for others; they bury their hopes in this world with tears, yet those hopes turn into seeds that grow into flowers and balm, healing the wounds of those who are alone and suffering. (“Uncle Tom’s Cabin”) 28. When Gregory Samson awoke from his restless dream, he found himself in bed transformed into a giant flea. (The Metamorphosis) 29. When reality folds over and fits perfectly onto our long-held dreams, it covers them up and merges with them, just as two identical shapes overlap to form one. (“In Search of Lost Time”) 30. Among human relationships, the most painful thing is to suffer annoyance and harm in those places where one believes one should receive kindness and friendship. (Gargantua and Pantagruel) 31. Now you must pay close attention to what I am about to say: the person who exists in the hearts of others is that person’s soul; this is who you really are, it is what your consciousness relies on for breathing, nourishment, and fulfillment throughout your life. This is also your soul, your immortality, and the part of you that exists within others. (Dr. Zhivago) 32. Virtue is like a fine fragrance; its scent becomes stronger when burned or pressed, for luck reveals vice most clearly, while misfortune reveals virtue most clearly. (From \"Essays by Bacon\") 33. Dear Agnes, I go abroad; to love you, I stay abroad, and to love you, I return home – it’s all for your sake! (“David Copperfield”) 34. Coercion often makes those deeply in love even more determined, and it can never make them change their minds. (“Intrigue and Love”) 35. Among the laws of nature, love cannot be changed or stopped; by its very nature, love fades on its own, and no scheme can reverse that process. (“The Decameron”) 36. As long as you are a swan egg, it doesn’t matter if you were born in a chicken farm. \"Andersen’s Fairy Tales\" 37. When it comes to opportunism and scheming, the value of worldliness is incomparable. “The Dead Souls” 38. Anyone can make a mistake; the more you think about something, the more likely you are to make a mistake. “The Adventures of Good Soldier Švejk” 39. We experience everything that suddenly happens in life, unprepared, just like actors entering their first rehearsal. If the first rehearsal in life is life itself, then what is the value of life? The Unbearable Lightness of Life 40. He discovered a principle of human behavior that he was not aware of before—that is, to make an adult or child extremely eager to do something, one only needs to make that thing difficult to obtain. “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” 41. For those who have faith, death is the door to eternal life. Paradise Lost 42. There is a legend about a bird that sings only once in its lifetime, and its song is more beautiful and melodious than those of any other creature in the world. “The Thorny Bird” 43. After leaving for a lifetime, he returned to the land where he was born; from childhood onward, he had always been a witness to what happened there. Ulysses 44. It’s one thing to stay in touch with God, and they all agree on that, but it’s another thing to have God by your side 24 hours a day. “The Second Law of War” 45. In the land of sweet dreams, everyone is equal; but when the sun rises and the struggle for survival begins again, how unequal people become to one another. “Mr. President” 46. The development of human intelligence relies inevitably on challenges and difficulties to drive it forward. “The Count of Monte Cristo” 47. The closer to you, the longer the journey ； The simplest tones require the most strenuous practice*. Selected Poems of Tagore 48. Sorrow makes one particularly sensitive. “John Christopher” 49. I often fail with women, precisely because I love them too much. \"Confessions\" 50. She opened her eyes filled with despair, watching the loneliness of her life; like a sailor whose ship has sunk, she searched in the misty horizon for any sign of a white sail. Madame Bovary