The reviled turtle

A tortoise was reviled and said nothing, slowly shrinking its head into its shell.

A fish could not bear to look at it any longer and said scornfully, "You are useless, all you know is to hide."

The tortoise stretched out his limbs leisurely: "This is not an escape, but to seek a quiet environment."

" the fish said:" you have been scolded miserably

Turtle said: how others would like to say, how to say it!
As long as I don't care, it's nothing.
That's why I live so long.

The takeaway:
Like your people, you do what is right;
People who don't like you don't like you no matter how well you do.

There is no use explaining to friends, and no use explaining to enemies.
So instead of wasting energy, we should keep quiet and be ourselves.