To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.

To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.

要对一个著名人物的性格作出公正的评价，就必须以他所处时代的标准，而不是以我们这个时代的标准来判断。

-- Mark Twain 马克·吐温