Of Beauty（论美）

名称：Of Beauty（论美）
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[00:05.71]美德远胜于美貌
[00:11.42]　Of Beauty　　论美By Francis Bacon　弗兰西斯.培根
[00:18.66]Virtue is like arich stone,
[00:20.90]美德好比宝石
[00:23.13]best plain set;and surely virtueis best,in a bodythat is comely,
[00:25.86]它在朴素背景的衬托下反而更华丽。
[00:28.60]though not ofdelicate features;
[00:29.90]同样，一个打扮并不华贵
[00:31.19]and that hath ratherdignity of presence,than beauty ofaspect.
[00:33.46]却端庄严肃而有美德者是令人肃然起敬的
[00:35.72]Neither is it almostseen,that very beau-tiful persons
[00:37.75]外表美丽的人，
[00:39.78]are otherwise ofgreat virtue;
[00:40.75]未必也具有内在的美
[00:41.72]as if nature wererather busy, not toerr,
[00:43.51]因为造物主似乎是吝啬的，
[00:45.29]than in labor toproduce excellency.
[00:46.61]他给了此就不再予彼
[00:47.94]And therefore theyprove accomplished,but not of greatspirit;
[00:50.09]所以许多容颜俊秀的人往往过于追求外在
[00:52.24]and study ratherbehavior, thanvirtue.
[00:53.94]美丽而忽略了内心的美
[00:55.63]But this holds notalways:
[00:56.82]但这也并非绝对
[00:58.01]for Augustus Caesar,Titus Vespasianus,Philip le Belle ofFrance,
[01:00.75]因为奥古斯都·恺撒、菲斯帕斯、法兰西的菲力普王
[01:03.50]Edward the Fourth ofEngland, Alcibiadesof Athens, Ismaelthe Sophy of Persia,
[01:07.53]英格兰的爱德华四世、雅典的阿尔西巴底斯、波斯的伊斯梅尔等
[01:11.56]were all high andgreat spirits;
[01:12.75]既是大丈夫
[01:13.94]and yet the mostbeautiful men oftheir times.
[01:15.50]又是美男子
[01:17.05]In beauty, that offavor, is more thanthat of color;
[01:19.34]美不在颜色艳丽而在面目端正，
[01:21.63]and that of decentand gracious motion,more than that offavor.
[01:24.70]又不尽在面目端正而在举止文雅合度
[01:27.77]That is the bestpart of beauty,which a picturecannot express;
[01:30.30]最高的美是画家所无法表现的
[01:32.84]no,nor the firstsight of the life.
[01:34.24]因为它是难于直观的
[01:35.64]There is noexcellent beauty,
[01:36.83]没有哪种美
[01:38.02]that hath not somestrangeness in theproportion.
[01:39.76]能极致到不存在比例上的暇疵
[01:41.50]A man cannot tellwhether Apelles, orAlbert Durer, werethe more trifler;
[01:47.45]whereof the one,
[01:48.13]曾经有两位画家-阿皮雷斯和艾伯特.丢勒滑稽地认为，
[01:48.82]would make apersonage bygeometricalproportions;
[01:50.42]按照几何比例，
[01:52.03]the other, by takingthe best parts outof divers faces, tomake one excellent.
[01:54.86]或者通过摄取不同人身上最美的特点，可以用画合成一张最完美的人像
[01:57.70]Such personages,I think, wouldplease nobody,
[01:59.44]其实像这样画出来的美人
[02:01.18]but the painter thatmade them.
[02:02.28]，恐怕只表现了画家本人的某种偏爱。
[02:03.38]Not but I think apainter may make abetter face thanever was;
[02:05.90]画家不能通过这样画出更好看的脸
[02:08.42]but he must do it bya kind of felicity
[02:09.93]创造它的常常是构思,
[02:11.44](as a musician thatmaketh an excellentair in music),and not by rule.
[02:14.23](正如为曲子营造的氛围的音乐家)而不是公式。
[02:17.02]A man shall seefaces, that if youexamine them part bypart,
[00:00.00]有许多的脸,就它们的部分
[02:21.42]you shall find nevera good; and yetaltogether do well.
[02:23.98]看并不优美,但作为整体却非常动人。
[02:26.54]If it be true thatthe principal partof beauty
[02:28.18]虽然美之菁华无疑在于
[02:29.83]is in decent motion,certainly it is nomarvel,
[02:31.62]优雅的举止
[02:33.41]though persons inyears seem manytimes more amiable;
[02:35.65]但有些老人更显得很可爱
[02:37.89]pulchrorum autumnuspulcher; for noyouth can be comelybut by pardon,
[02:41.42]这印证了一句拉丁谚语:"暮秋之色更美。"
[02:44.94]and considering theyouth, as to make upthe comeliness.
[02:47.04]而尽管有的年轻人具有美貌，却由于缺乏完美的修养而不配得到最好的赞美。
[02:49.15]Beauty is as summerfruits, which areeasy to corrupt,and cannot last;
[02:52.19]美犹如盛夏的水果，是容易腐烂而难保持的
[02:55.24]and for the mostpart it makes adissoluteyouth,
[02:56.73]世上有许多美人他们有过放荡的青春
[02:58.22]and an age a littleout of countenance;
[02:59.50]却迎受着愧悔的晚年
[03:00.78]but yet certainlyagain, if it lightwell,
[03:02.78]因此，应该把美的形貌与美的德行结合起来