The writer must be a witness to his time.
The unpredictable is the ground on which creativity flourishes.
译文：有一种忠心被人视为愚行，就是“愚忠”，也有一种孝行被人视为愚行，那是“愚孝”，由此可知，“忠”，“孝”两个字，太过聪明的人是做不来的。同样地，仁和义的行为中，也有虚伪的“假仁”和“假义”，由此可以知道，在一般人所说的仁义之士中，不见得没有奸险狡诈的人。
蓄水池容纳：喷泉溢出。
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.
The best writing leaves room for the reader to find their own meaning.