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There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.

  • -- Reinhold Niebuhr 莱茵霍尔德·尼布赫

在某些历史情况下，拒绝捍卫一个文明的遗产，不管它有多么不完美，反对暴政和侵略可能导致比战争更严重的后果。

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Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.

要相信，快乐意味着自由，自由意味着勇敢。因此，不要轻视战争的危险。

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Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life.

疾病、疯狂和死亡是环绕我摇篮的天使，它们伴随我一生。

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I try to be the fixer of situations and I gravitate to people who are institutional misfits.

我试图成为局势的解决者，我被那些与体制格格不入的人所吸引。

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A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

寡妇对情人的拒绝很少明确到排除希望的程度。

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Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.

迟早每个人都会坐下来吃一顿后果严重的大餐。

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Refusal to listen isn’t enough of a response.

仅仅拒绝倾听是不够的。

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War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

战争是邪恶的，但往往是较小的邪恶。

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Consequences are unpitying.

后果是不带的。

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