Experienced friends have told me that wearing ordinary leather shoes on snowy days is insufficient; your feet are prone to frostbite, and it is easy to slip on the snow.
The wisest investment is to retreat immediately when you realize the trend has turned against you, without hoping to recover your initial capital. While you still have resources, consider investing in other ventures.
Being first is often just a fleeting victory. What matters is not your ranking, but what you learn from the process. We must have the determination to win, but also the magnanimity to accept defeat. Did you give it your all? If you did not try your best, you have no right to cry over the loss. A second place or last place achieved with full effort is more meaningful than a first place gained by luck.
If a man becomes a woman's confidant, it is inevitably because he harbors some fantasies, a sense of compassion, or even love for her. As for women, it is best to maintain a balance between knowing and not knowing. (From 'The Taste of Forbidden Fruit')
Do not focus excessively on what you have gained; instead, ask yourself more often about what you have given.
In this world, if a person can possess both happiness and joy simultaneously, what else could they be dissatisfied with?
View each love affair as a guide on the path of life. One failure is also an opportunity for growth. Seen this way, failed love may no longer seem so terrifying. (From 'The Bread Tree Has Gone')
When youth is in your hands, you do not realize how wonderful it is. Later, one day, you suddenly recall the foolish tears you shed, the friends you were close enough to sleep and bathe with, and the person you were once deeply in love with... At that time, you lacked self-confidence, feeling humble and foolish, with a bitterness in your heart that was hard to share. These are all parts of youth. After being filtered by time, only the purest and most beautiful memories remain. Youth is best appreciated when looking back.
You ask: 'Why do people become especially vulnerable at night?' Oh, because the night is too dark. It may also be because the night feels too long. It is said that the high suicide rate in Northern Europe is due to the short daylight and long nights in winter.
