"You might as well laugh as cry and the tragedy that is the human condition invites sarcasm, invites irony,invites satire, invites laughter.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

Not even the muse Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, was in a position to avert a human tragedy like this.

即使是缪斯之一克莱俄帕，掌管史诗的女神，也不能避免这样一场人间悲剧。

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