The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race； posterity as well as the existing generation； those who dissent from the opinion， still more than those who hold it.

"I am interested in the way that the poem can be a kind of mirror, reflecting the reader's own experiences and emotions."

事情过后议论别人，身在局外议论局内人，是做学问的人最容易犯的毛病。在事后议论别人，往往将聪明人说得极其愚笨；身在局外议论局内的人，往往将困难的事情说得极其容易，这两种毛病都是由待人不忠诚、不宽容而引起的。