Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them.

  • -- Eliza Farnham 伊丽莎·法恩汉姆

每一种艺术,其职责是提炼、净化、装饰、润色和优雅的生活,都是在缪斯女神的庇护下进行的,没有发现有什么神值得掌管它们。

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I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust.

我既不是首领,也从来没有当过,但是因为我比别人受了更大的委屈,所以我被授予了这个荣誉,我决心证明自己是值得信赖的。

Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.

由于缺乏独到的学识,没有形成良好的思维习惯,对写作艺术一窍不通,我决定写一本书。

What is perhaps more worthy of note than how many tsunami dead we've seen, however, is how many other recent dead we have not seen.

然而,也许比我们所见过的海啸死亡人数更值得注意的是,我们还没有看到最近有多少人死亡。

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

影响一天的质量,那是艺术的最高境界。