Irony and pity are both of good counsel;the first with her smiles makes life agreeable;the other sanctifies it with her tears.

讽刺和怜悯都是我们的良师益友；前者以她的微笑使人生愉悦；而后者则以她的使人生化为圣洁。

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In real life, Yang Mian is a fashionable youth, with middle-class sensibilities and graceful behavior. Therefore his irony and criticism on fashion have a sense of sympathy, pity or even appreciation.

在现实生活中，杨冕是一个时尚青年，穿戴中产，举止优雅，所以他对时尚的嘲讽和批判是带着同情和怜悯的，有时甚至还是欣赏的。

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