Hard work ennobles human spirit.

艰苦的工作使人精神变得高尚。

Persons thus co-opted by the Senate were liable to the burden of the praetorship, and likewise those whom the Emperor ennobled, unless special exemption were granted.

被元老院选中或得到皇恩典的人将背上司法官的重负，除得到特别的豁免。

I think, in part, we mythologize sacrifice, ennoble it with layer upon layer of redemptive they-did-not-suffer-and-die-in-vain meaning, because it enables us to bear the pain of loss.

我，我们神话牺牲者，给他们批上一层救赎的外衣，认为他们的苦难和死亡无意义而更显尊贵，在某种程度上只是为了让我们能承受失去他们的痛苦。