It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away."
据说，一位东方君主曾经命令他的智者为他编造一个句子，让他随时出现在眼前，而且这个句子在任何时候和任何情况下都应该是正确和恰当的。他们对他说:“这一切都会过去的。”