Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable.

  • -- Charles Baudelaire 查尔斯·波德莱尔

现代性是短暂的,稍纵即逝的,偶然的;它是艺术的一半,另一半是永恒的、不可改变的。

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Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected.

现代性是短暂的、瞬息万变的、偶然的,构成了艺术的一半,而另一半则是永恒的、不可改变的。这一瞬息万变、瞬息万变的因素决不能轻视或忽视。

A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.

一个舒适的晚年是一个度过美好青春的奖赏。它不会给我们带来衰败的凄凉前景,而会给我们带来在更美好的世界里永葆青春的希望。

Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur.

现代性:我们创造了没有英雄主义的青春,没有智慧的老年,没有宏伟壮丽的人生。

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.

小孩子仍然是爱与责任之间永恒婚姻的象征。