It is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is backed by the kind of force that will make the other side consider the penalties too heavy to break the agreement.

  • -- Yitzhak Rabin 伊扎克·拉宾

它不值得写在纸上,除非它得到某种力量的支持,这种力量会让另一方认为惩罚太重,无法破坏协议。

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The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.

存在于北方和南方之间的契约是与死亡的契约,是与地狱的协议。

Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.

怀疑是一件厚重的盔甲,它重重阻碍而非保护。

History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.

历史既不提供对苦难的补偿,也不提供对错误的惩罚。

A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment.

一份精干的协议胜过一份肥厚的判断。

The earth is heavy and opaque without dreams.

没有梦想,地球是沉重而不透明的。