As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

  • -- Marcus Tullius Cicero 西塞罗

丢在水里的火,怎样冷却熄灭,照样,对一个最纯洁、最圣洁的人的诬告,也照样沸腾起来,立刻消散,消失了,连天上和海上的威胁也消失了,而他自己却站在那里一动也不动。

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We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment.

我们都有这样或那样的倾向。我认为这才是写作的真正关键。不加判断地看一个人物。

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

人们似乎没有看到,他们对世界的看法也是一种性格的表白。