War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

战争是两个小偷之间的一场争吵,他们太懦弱,不敢打自己的仗。

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All we know is that, at times, fighting the Russians, we had to remove the piles of enemy bodies from before our trenches, so as to get a clear field of fire against new waves of assault.

我们所知道的是,在同俄国人作战的时候,我们有时不得不把战壕前堆积的敌人尸体移走,以便在新一波的进攻中获得一个清晰的战场。

We shouldn't have politicians micromanaging this war because it is complex and unconventional.

我们不应该让政客们插手这场战争,因为它是复杂的、非常规的。

Beware Of entrance to a quarrel, but being in, Bear’t that th’opposed may beware of thee.

你们要谨慎,免得入了争竞的口。但在争竞的时候,不可叫对面的人也谨慎。

Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.

我们乐意使别人十全十美,但我们不能改正自己的错误。

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

每匹马都认为自己驮的东西最重。

Both quarrellers are to be punished.

两个吵架的人都要受到惩罚。