A puddle repeats infinity, and is full of light; nevertheless, if analyzed objectively, a puddle is a piece of dirty water spread very thin on mud.
一汪水洼映出无限,盛满光明;然而,客观分析起来,它不过是薄薄铺在泥上的一片脏水。
— G. K. Chesterton · Manalive · Part II · I · The Eye of Death; or, the Murder Charge —