【原文】子夏为莒父宰，问政。子曰：“无欲速，无见小利。欲速则不达，见小利则大事不成。”【译文】子夏到莒父做地方长官，问怎样为政。孔子说：“不要只求速成，不要贪图小利。想求速成，反而达不到目的；贪图小利，就做不成大事。”
Collaboration is key to solving complex problems.
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A novel is a long answer to a question you can’t quite formulate.
The sea is history.
The novel is the most complete, most complex, and most profound expression of human reality that exists.