Fiction is a way of telling the truth without being constrained by facts.
小说是一种不受事实约束却能讲述真相的方式。
There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.
The tyranny of the magistrate is not less formidable than that of the multitude.
自知之明的人,不埋怨人;了解命运的人,不埋怨天;埋怨别人的人,遭遇穷困;埋怨上天的人,没有志向。