If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

  • -- Ulysses S. Grant 格兰特

如果人们在战争中奴性地服从规则,他们就会失败。

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Just as worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it has not been worship.

正如敬拜开始于神圣的期待,结束于神圣的顺从。如果敬拜不能使我们更顺服,那就不是敬拜。

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.

管弦乐队有两条黄金法则:一起开始,一起结束。公众根本不关心这中间发生了什么。

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

如果我们能支配财富,我们就会富有而自由;如果财富支配我们,我们就真的很穷。

Rules exist for a reason. Rules exist because when people don't follow them, people get hurt.

规则的存在是有原因的。规则之所以存在,是因为如果人们不遵守规则,就会受到伤害。

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

不到期求顺从的,有祸了。拒绝接受现实的人有祸了。

So long as victory can be attained,  stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.

只要能取得胜利,愚蠢的匆忙总比聪明的拖拉好。

War created bizarre allies, while peace itself could be divisive.

战争造就了奇异的盟友,而和平本身就可能分裂。

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

最大的财富是欲望的匮乏。