As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

  • -- Oscar Wilde 奥斯卡王尔德

只要战争被认为是邪恶的,它就永远有它的魅力。当它被视为庸俗时,它就不再受欢迎了。

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Which suggests something about media and war: it's not just that events happen and the media documents and presents them. There is a third element: what the public is ready to accept, what the public wants to know.

这暗示了媒体和战争的一些东西:不仅仅是事件发生,媒体记录并呈现它们。还有第三个要素:公众愿意接受什么,公众想知道什么。

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

有些人认为奢侈是贫穷的反义词。它不是。它是粗俗的反义词。

If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.

战争若临到我们,就必如夜间的贼来到。

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

你必须避开懒惰,那个邪恶的塞壬。