Thorns themselves will not harm you -- you hurt yourself on the thorns.

荆棘本身并不会伤害你——你是被荆棘刺痛了自己。

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I have seen one shrike occupy himself for hours in sticking up on thorns, a number of small fishes that the fishermen had thrown on the shore. The fishes dried up and decayed.

我曾看到一只伯劳在荆棘上挣扎了好几个小时,那是渔民们扔到岸上的一些小鱼。鱼干了,腐烂了。

The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false beliefs.

轻信对一个人所造成的危害并不局限于培养别人轻信的性格,从而支持错误的信念。

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem.

战争的自然原则是:以最小的伤害自己,最大的伤害敌人;这当然要靠策略来实现。