The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while war is the product of forces proceeding from man's original savage nature.

  • -- Elihu Root 伊莱休·鲁特

这种促进和平的方式的局限性在于它是对人类文明一面的呼吁,而战争则是人类原始野蛮本性的力量的产物。

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In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent.

在巴黎,人们总是想起自己是个外国人。如果你把车停错了地方,重要的不是它停在人行道上,而是你说话带口音。

Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?

你真的需要根据自己的能力和财力来削减开支,这难道就没有限制吗?

As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.

作为一个社会,我们应该鼓励人们摆脱债务文化的心态,而不是推动它。

I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday.

我可能没有过最戏剧化的生活,但在我的脑海里,每天都是“战争与和平”。

Social peace requires reciprocity.

社会和平需要互惠。