War is an episode, a crisis, a fever the purpose of which is to rid the body of fever. So the purpose of a war is to end the war.

  • -- William Faulkner 威廉·福克纳

战争是一段插曲,一场危机,一场发烧,其目的是使身体退烧。所以战争的目的就是结束战争。

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It wasn't so easy though, ending the war. A war is a huge fire; the ashes from it drift far, and settle slowly.

然而,结束战争并不容易。战争是一场大火;灰烬飘得很远,慢慢地沉淀下来。

There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.

没有什么比做好迎接敌人的准备更有可能带来和平了。