苦于对百姓的横征暴敛。

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

To be a writer is to be a perpetual student of life.

I'm just trying to be better every day.

释义：美好事物之所在，就是受到玷污辱没，世人也不能使它低贱；丑恶事物之所在，就是有人鼓噪吹捧，使之抬高身价，世人也不能使它贵重。

恐惧是心灵的杀手。