不可以一时之得意，而自夸其能；亦不可以一时之失意，而自坠其志。
释义：不能因为暂时的得意就自夸能力出众；也不能因为暂时的失意就丧失自己的志向。
"The novel is the most democratic of art forms."
To understand the meaning of a sentence， we must consider the speaker's intention and the context of the utterance.