A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself.

A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself.

在公共生活中，一个人总是希望被人嘲笑——这是他所处高位的过错，而不是他自己的过错。

-- Charles Dickens 查尔斯·狄更斯