所以说百工干事,都有法规可以衡量。现在大道治理天下,其次治理大国,却没有法度来衡量,这就是还不如百工聪明了。 
Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth.
出自《魏源集·魏源诗文》。万种感情交集在这(与林则徐见面)苍茫的一天,朋友相逢竟然一句话也说不出来。