Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

古物是历史的污迹，或者是历史的一些残迹，它们在时间的沉船中随随便便地逃过一劫。

-- Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯·培根