The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
The world is a mirror, reflecting back what we bring to it.
"The writer's duty is to tell the truth, even when it is uncomfortable."
艺术家的职责是让不可见的东西变得可见。
We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.