I will ignore all ideas for new works on engines of war, the invention of which has reached its limits and for whose improvements I see no further hope.

  • -- Sextus Julius Frontinus 弗朗提努斯

我将无视所有关于战争机器的新著作的想法,因为战争机器的发明已经到了极限,我对它的改进已不抱任何希望。

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Lastly, the great uncertainty of all data in War is a peculiar difficulty, because all action must, to a certain extent, be planned in a mere twilight, which in addition not infrequently - like the effect of a fog or moonshine - gives to things exagg

最后,战争中所有数据的巨大不确定性是一个特殊的困难,因为在某种程度上,所有的行动都必须在黄昏的时候计划好,而且这种情况经常发生——就像雾或月光的影响一样——会使事情夸大

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas

我相信人的尊严是国家目标的源泉,人的自由是国家行动的源泉,人的心灵是国家同情的源泉,人的思想是我们发明和思想的源泉

The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld.

唯一能克服一种思想和信仰的力量是另一种更好的思想和信仰,积极地、无畏地坚持下去。

Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.

这就是人类的处境,希望自己的国家伟大,就是希望自己的邻居受到伤害。

When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.

我读研究生的时候,哈佛大学的领军人物对思想史很感兴趣。

I invented the cordless extension cord.

我发明了无绳延长线。