Act uprightly, and despise calumny. Dirt may stick to a mud wall, but not polished marble.

为人正直就不惧诽谤：污物可以沾到泥墙上，却附不到光滑的大理石上。

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Act uprightly, and despise calumny. Dirt may stick to a mud wall, but not polish the marble.

为人正直的就不惧诽谤：污物可以沾到泥墙上，却附不在大理石上。

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The building was surrounded by a 3 metre-high mud wall, like every other house in the village.

这座建筑跟村子里的其他建筑一样被一道三米高的土墙包围着。

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With all the cash in the bank, they can all keep throwing mud at the wall and buying companies.

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In the May 17 issue of The New Yorker (subscription required), he implies that we should go back to the old way of doing things: of throwing mud on a wall and seeing what sticks.

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