She has way more power than she needs, it would seem, to destroy a petty little mages like Comus.

她会拥有更多的力量，那看上去足够，摧毁一个像科玛斯这样的英俊的法师。

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exhibits a sort of lofty detachment to the more or less petty things that weigh most of us down.

这类人展现了一种,对琐碎事物的崇高超脱,让我们大多数人无地自容。

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Learn the accomplishments of active life, take for your models not those people who spend their time on these petty quibbles but those who have a good livelihood and reputation and many other blessings."

学个谋生的一技之长，别学那些满嘴谬论的人,要学那些生活富足，声名显赫及福泽深厚的人“

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