When we began this fight, we had clean hands---are they clean now? What's gentility worth if it can't stand fire?

When we began this fight, we had clean hands---are they clean now? What's gentility worth if it can't stand fire?

我们刚开始打架的时候，手是干净的，现在干净了吗?如果文雅经不起火的考验，那么它又有什么价值呢?

-- John Galsworthy 约翰·高尔斯华绥