《死於威尼斯》的原文是：「He looked around, and everything was silent and peaceful. He saw the river flowing gently in the sunlight, the grass waving gently in the breeze, and the flowers blooming in the meadow. But they, too, would wither and die. He saw all this, and they all obeyed the arrangements of fate silently. Suddenly, a beautiful idea surfaced in his mind: maybe accepting the arrangements of fate would allow him to coordinate his life more harmoniously in the face of the ever-changing aspects of destiny.」