Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man.

Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man.

同时代的人欣赏这个人而不是他的优点;后人看重的是功德而不是人品。

-- Charles Caleb Colton 英国作家科尔顿