And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all.

We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game.

【译文】 孔子说：“君子有三件事要警戒：年轻时，血气还不成熟，要戒女色；年壮时，血气正旺盛，要戒争斗；年老时，血气已衰落，要戒贪婪。”