The Pharaohs built their pyramids, the Emperors built Rome, and Napoleon built his Arc de Triomphe -- all, at least in part, to make the permanence of stone compensate for the impermanence of the flesh.

• 法老们建立了金字塔，罗马帝王们建立了罗马，拿破仑修建了凯旋门，所有这些，至少在一点是相同的，那就是用永恒的石头来弥补肉体的短暂。