Today, surrounded by promises of easy happiness, we need art to tell us, as religion once did, Memento mori: remember that you will die, that everything ends, and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it.

　　①But what we forget -- what our economy depends on us forgetting -- is that happiness is more than pleasure without pain.

　　②The things that bring the greatest joy carry the greatest potential for loss and disappointment.

　　③Today, surrounded by promises of easy happiness, we need art to tell us, as religion once did, Memento mori: remember that you will die, that everything ends, and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it.

　　④It’s a message even more bitter than a clove cigarette, yet, somehow, a breath of fresh air.

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　　①但是我们所忘记的——我们的经济依赖我们忘却的——是：快乐绝不仅仅是没有痛苦的快乐。

　　②带来最 大快乐的东西也最有可能带有损失和失望。

　　③如今，我们的周围充斥着唾手可得的幸福的承诺，我们需要艺术来告诉我们，正如宗教曾经告诉过我们的：记得你终将死亡，一切都会结束，幸福的到来不是因为否认这一点，而是对其加以忍受。

　　④这一启示甚至比叶子烟还要苦，但却不知何故带来了一缕清新的空气。