I like stories where the boundaries between reality and fantasy are blurred. I like the idea that the world is not as simple as it seems.
我喜欢现实与幻想界限模糊的故事。我喜欢世界并不像看起来那么简单这个想法。
【原文】颜渊喟然叹曰:“仰之弥高,钻之弥坚;瞻之在前,忽焉在后。夫子循循然善诱人,博我以文,约我以礼,欲罢不能。既竭吾才,如有所立卓尔。虽欲从之,末由也已。”【译文】颜渊感叹地说:“(老师的道德和学问)抬头仰望,越仰望越觉得高耸,努力钻研,越钻研越觉得深厚;看着好象就在前面,忽然又像是在后面。老师步步引导,用知识丰富我,用礼法约束我,想停止前进都不能。我竭尽全力,仍然像有座高山矗立眼前,虽然我想攀上去,却没有途径。”
真相很少是纯粹的,也从不简单。
One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.