If you would serve your brother, because it is fit for you to serve him, do not take back your words when you find that prudent people do not commend you.
如果你帮助同胞,是因为这是你应当做的事,那么当你发现谨慎的人并不赞许你时,也不要收回自己的话。
— Ralph Waldo Emerson · Essays · Heroism —
If you would serve your brother, because it is fit for you to serve him, do not take back your words when you find that prudent people do not commend you.
如果你帮助同胞,是因为这是你应当做的事,那么当你发现谨慎的人并不赞许你时,也不要收回自己的话。