Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing.作家组织固然可以排遣他们的孤独，但是我怀疑它们是否能够促进作家的创作。
Tow black don't make a white. You can't palliate your own badness with other's bad deed.两黑不等于一白。你不能用别人的恶行来掩饰自己的劣迹。