War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However, we're very unlikely to accept or recognize "world peace" even when we get it.

  • -- Bruce Sterling 布鲁斯·斯特林

正如拿破仑所知道的那样,战争已经不可能了。然而,即使我们得到了“世界和平”,我们也不太可能接受或承认它。

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It's our tendency to approach every problem as if it were a fight between two sides. We see it in headlines that are always using metaphors for war. It's a general atmosphere of animosity and contention that has taken over our public discourse.

我们倾向于把每一个问题都当作是双方之间的斗争来处理。我们在标题中看到它总是使用战争的隐喻。这是一种普遍的敌意和争论的气氛,已经占据了我们的公共话语。

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!

政治自由、国家的和平以及科学本身都是天赋,而命运却要我们为之付出沉重的血债!

I realized that the worst thing that could happen to me was about to happen to me.

我意识到可能发生在我身上最糟糕的事情即将发生在我身上。

We want to take good tidings home to our people, that they may sleep in peace.

我们要把好信息带回家给我们的人民,好让他们安睡。