He was a good man, but too good a man to be a great man.

A statement using the words always and never is never always 100% accurate.

There are a lot of intelligent fools, but no wise idiots.

Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behaviour. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them—if you want to. Just as some day, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.

Was it confusing because it was artistic, or artistic because it was confusing?

This whole thing is a little confusing. I'll just leave it at that. The best way to say it is he violated the program.