Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization.

Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization.

每四五百年就需要野蛮一次，才能使世界恢复生机。否则它就会死于文明。

-- Edmond de Goncourt 龚古尔