Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.

  • -- St. Jerome 圣杰罗姆

年过七十就像打仗一样。我们所有的朋友都去了或走了,我们在死亡和垂死的人之间生存,就像在战场上一样。

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All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women.

所有濒于死亡的社会都是男性社会。一个社会只能靠一个人生存;没有一个社会能在缺少妇女的情况下生存。

Talent was not rare; the ability to survive having it was.

天赋并不罕见;拥有它的生存能力。

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

大声的和平宣传使战争似乎迫在眉睫。

War is politics for everyone but the warrior.

战争是每个人的政治,除了战士。