If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers.

  • -- Horatio Nelson 霍雷肖·尼尔森

如果我每次把我的船或我指挥的舰队置于极大的危险之中都受到指责,那么我早就退役了,永远也不会在同辈人的家里。

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At this time, the only thing that would get me back in the ring is something that would positively impact those in need. If selling out another major event would allow me to bring a ship full of supplies to hand out to those in need, I'd say that would be very significant.

在这个时候,唯一能让我重返拳台的就是那些能对需要帮助的人产生积极影响的东西。如果卖光另一件大事能让我带一船补给品给那些需要的人,我会说这将是非常重要的。

I do what I do, and write what I write, without calculating what is worth what and so on. Fortunately, I am not a banker or an accountant. I feel that there is a time when a political statement needs to be made and I make it.

我做我所做的,写我所写的,没有计算什么是值得什么,等等。幸运的是,我既不是银行家也不是会计。我觉得有一段时间需要发表一份政治声明,而我做到了。