我虽为凡躯,此生本如蜉蝣之短。然每逢神游于浩瀚繁星,遍凌虚离尘身与天齐。

Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the Earth.

—— 托勒密《希腊诗选》
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