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“先生之著述，或有時而不章；先生之學說，或有時而可商，惟此獨立之精神，自由之思想，歷千萬地祀，與天壤而同久，共三光而永光！”
― Yinke Chen （陳寅恪）

“Siempre imaginé que el Paraíso sería algún tipo de biblioteca.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“我行过许多地方的桥
看过许多次数的云
喝过许多种类的酒
却只爱过一个正当最好年龄的人
我应该为自己感到庆幸”
― Congwen Shen

“What do you do there, moon, in the sky? Tell me what you do, silent moon. When evening comes you rise and go contemplating wastelands; then you set.”
― Leopardi

“Clean code always looks like it was written by someone who cares.”
― Robert C. Martin, Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

“The proper use of comments is to compensate for our failure to express ourself in code. Note that I used the word failure. I meant it. Comments are always failures.”
― Robert C. Martin, Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

“Don’t Use a Comment When You Can Use a Function or a Variable”
― Robert C. Martin, Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

“A long descriptive name is better than a short enigmatic name. A long descriptive name is better than a long descriptive comment.”
― Robert C. Martin, Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

“Indeed, the ratio of time spent reading versus writing is well over 10 to 1. We are constantly reading old code as part of the effort to write new code. ...[Therefore,] making it easy to read makes it easier to write.”
― Robert C. Martin, Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

“Truth can only be found in one place: the code.”
― Robert C. Martin, Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

“You should name a variable using the same care with which you name a first-born child.”
― Robert C. Martin, Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

“The only way to go fast, is to go well.”
― Robert C. Martin, Clean Architecture