To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar fact that civilization is a partial, incomplete, and, to a great extent, superficial modification of barbarism.

  • -- Elihu Root 伊莱休·鲁特

要处理战争的真正原因,我们必须首先认识到一个众所周知的事实,即文明是对野蛮主义的片面、不完整和在很大程度上是表面的修改,这是与解决问题的首要关系。

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There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick.

作家不可能被驯服,变得文明,甚至被治愈。目前科学界所知的唯一解决办法是为病人提供一间隔离室,在那里他可以独自忍受急性期,食物可以用棍子戳进他的身体。

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct.

文明在多大程度上是建立在放弃本能的基础上的,这是不容忽视的。

Sometimes the problem is not the people in the band, but the people around the band.

有时候问题不在于乐队里的人,而在于乐队周围的人。

All great civilizations, in their early stages, are based on success in war.

所有伟大的文明,在其早期阶段,都是以战争的胜利为基础的。

Beer is the cause and solution to all of life's problems.

啤酒是所有生活问题的起因和解决之道。

Inside of every problem lies an opportunity.

每个问题的背后都蕴藏着机遇。