I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use—silence, exile, and cunning.
我不需要认可，我知道自己的价值。
短暂的荣宠利益终将消散，历史的真实难以被篡改！这长远的眼光，太明智了！并且我们要追求的是长久的名誉而非短暂的利益！