Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. [And] if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.

  • -- William Manchester 威廉·曼彻斯特

男人不为国旗、国家、海军陆战队、荣誉或其他抽象概念而战。他们为彼此而战。如果你经历了这场磨难,你就会有尊严地老去。

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Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.

即使在文学和艺术领域,也没有人为原创而烦恼的人永远不会是原创的。相反,如果你只是想说真话(不在乎别人告诉你多少次),十有八九你会在没有注意到的情况下变得原创。

Abstraction is a mental process we use when trying to discern what is essential or relevant to a problem; it does not require a belief in abstract entities.

抽象是我们在试图辨别一个问题的本质或相关内容时所使用的心理过程;它不需要对抽象实体的信仰。

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.

爱光荣只能造就伟大的英雄;藐视荣誉造就伟人。

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

死亡什么都不是,但被打败和不光彩的生活是每天死亡。

It’s not the men in my life that counts- -it’s the life in my men.

重要的不是我生命中的男人,而是我男人的生命。