I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

好的小说告诉我们角色的真相；伟大的小说告诉我们自己的真相。

解释：美色各不相同，看起来都很美好；动听的乐声各不相同，听起来都很快意。

The documenta is a celebration of the human spirit.

The truth is, we all have our own version of reality, and sometimes it's hard to reconcile the two.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

The target is to be the best, not to beat someone else.

我不认为我是一个很好的说谎者，我认为我是一个非常糟糕的说谎者。

真理是经得起经验考验的东西。

The greatest happiness of the thinking man is to have fathomed the fathomable, and to quietly revere the unfathomable.