When a scandalous story is believed against one, there is certainly no comfort like the conscience of having deserved it.

When a scandalous story is believed against one, there is certainly no comfort like the conscience of having deserved it.

当人们相信一个诽谤性的故事是对一个人不利的时候，没有什么安慰能比得上那种罪有应得的良心的安慰。

-- Richard Brinsley Sheridan 理查德·布林斯利·谢里丹