The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.

  • -- Benjamin Disraeli 本杰明·迪斯雷利

战时服役只适合亡命之徒,和平时期服役只适合傻瓜。

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The War has been waged with success, although there have been in some instances errors and misfortunes. But the heart of the nation is sounder and its hopes brighter.

这场战争取得了成功,虽然在某些情况下也有错误和不幸。但是这个国家的心脏更加健全,希望更加光明。

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.

雄辩,名词,口头说服傻瓜相信白色就是它看起来的颜色的艺术。它包括使任何颜色看起来都是白色的礼物。

If only the peace I feel right now could be stored up and released later when cruelty surrounds me in the dark during nightmares.

如果我现在感受到的平静能被储存起来,并在我做噩梦时在黑暗中被残酷包围时释放出来,那就好了。

War stuttered, repeated its sentences, forgot its lessons, over and over.

战争结结巴巴,重复着它的句子,一次又一次地忘记了它的教训。

Fools give parties, sensible people go to them.

傻瓜开派对,聪明人去参加。