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To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

喜欢战争是军人的优点，是上尉的危险品质，是政治家的积极罪行。

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Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for comfort or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. He is a dangerous uncomfortable enemy, because his body, which you can always conquer, gives you little purchase upon his soul.

与一个不在乎舒适或晋升，而只是决心做他认为正确的事情的人打交道时，要小心。他是一个危险的、令人不安的敌人，因为他的身体，你总是可以征服的，却无法从他的灵魂中得到什么。

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My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger.

我的命运无法掌控;它只能与之合作，从而在某种程度上得到指导。我也不是自己灵魂的主宰;我只是它最吵闹的乘客。

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We must accept life for what it actually is - a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature.

我们必须接受生活的本来面目——这是对我们的品质的一种挑战，没有它，我们永远不应该知道我们是什么东西做成的，或者成长到我们的完整的身材。

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You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a potato, just as you would do.

你会发现，诗人或他那个时代最重要的船长，就像你会做的那样，会讨价还价或削土豆皮。

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Don't play for safety - it's the most dangerous thing in the world.

不要为了安全而玩——这是世界上最危险的事情。

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Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it.

色彩并不能给设计增添令人愉悦的品质，反而会加强它。

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