The true way goes over a rope which is not stretched at any great height but just above the ground. It seems more designed to make people stumble than to be walked upon.
真理的道路是一条绳子，然而并不是吊在高处，而仅仅是离地面不远。与其说是让人们在上面行走，更像是为了让人们绊倒。

——Franz Kafka, The Castle
——弗兰兹·卡夫卡，《城堡》