War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

  • -- George Orwell 乔治·奥威尔

只有当有钱的阶层认为他们能从中获利时,才会发生对外国的战争。

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The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

人体有两个末端:一个用来创造,另一个用来坐着。有时人们会适得其反。当这种情况发生时,他们需要从裤子的座位上踢一下。

I think I have the best house in the world. I thank God to have it. I thank God that I finished it. And I hope that I will live enough to take profit of it.

我想我有世界上最好的房子。我感谢上帝拥有它。我感谢上帝我完成了它。我希望我能活得足够久,从中获利。

I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad.

我想学几门外语,因此我不得不出国。

Even this vein of writing is so foreign to me that I am amazed.

甚至这种写作风格对我来说也是如此陌生,以至于我感到惊讶。

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

我们给人忠告,却不能以智慧使人得益处。

Life is what happens while we are making other plans.

生活就是我们在制定其他计划时发生的事情。