The prevarication and white lies which a mind that keeps itself ambitiously pure is as uneasy under as a great artist under the false touches that no eye detects but his own, are worn as lightly as mere trimmings when once the actions have become a lie.

一颗执意保持纯洁的心，对搪塞与善意谎言的不安，就像大艺术家对只有自己看得出的败笔那样敏感；可一旦行为本身成了谎言，这些话便像装饰一样，被轻轻松松地披在身上。