The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.

  • -- Edward Gibbon 爱德华·吉本

士兵的勇气被认为是人性中最廉价、最普遍的品质。

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I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else.

我担心我们今天的一些领导人已经失去了站起来的勇气。我们现在拥有的是政治家。他们不会提供真正的计划,只有当他们想指责别人的时候才会站起来。

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

任何一个看过战场上垂死士兵呆滞的眼神的人都会在开战前仔细思考。

There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.

人的本性中肯定有一种内在的倾向,那就是从所有的恶中榨取所有的善。

Human nature is deeper and broader than the artificial contrivance of any existing culture.

人性比任何现存文化的人为发明都要深刻和广泛。

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

当我们假定是军人时,我们并没有置公民于不顾。

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

创造力需要放弃确定性的勇气。