What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?

  • -- Emil Cioran 萧沆

对于一个迷恋永恒的人来说,未来,那一半的时间,又有什么关系呢?

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A circular eternity may seem atrocious to the spectator, but it is satisfactory to individuals inside. Free from bad news and disease, they always live as if it were the first time, and do not remember previous times.

圆形的永恒对旁观者来说似乎是残酷的,但对内在的个体来说却是令人满意的。没有坏消息和疾病,他们总是像第一次一样生活,不记得以前的时间。

The poor man starves while they are grassing their royal mountain stags or shooting peasants and partridges in their purblind pomp of pelf and power.

穷人挨饿,而他们却在给他们的皇家公鹿割草,或者在他们盲目炫耀权势的时候射杀农民和鹧鸪。

Those were the great days when plenty of amateurs could spare time for cricket.

在那些伟大的日子里,许多业余爱好者都有时间打板球。

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

苍白的死亡在穷人的城门和国王的宫殿里都是一样的。

As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.

正如我之前所说,时间是短暂的,生命是宝贵的。

All at once is what eternity is.

永恒就是一瞬间。