A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
战争
War
Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace.
有些人必须是战士，这样其他人才能和平相处。
War is a blessing compared with national degradation.
与国家的衰落相比，战争是一件幸事。
All wars are full of stories that sound like fiction.
所有的战争都充满了听起来像小说的故事。
War is a bad chisel with which to curve out tomorrow.
战争是一把不好的凿子，明天要用它来凿出曲线来。
I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
我从来不主张战争，除非把它作为和平的手段。
Those who lived by the sword were forced to die by it.
那些靠刀剑生存的人被迫死于刀剑。
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
你不能同时预防和准备战争。
War was easy. The hard part was cleaning up afterward.
战争是一件容易的事。最难的部分是事后清理。
All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.
所有的战争都是内战，因为所有的人都是兄弟。
I’d start a war just to illustrate the value of peace.
我发动战争只是为了说明和平的价值。
The next worse thing to a battle lost is a battle won.
比一场失败更糟糕的事情是一场胜利。
Isn't it funny how true peace describes war and chaos.
真有趣，真正的和平是如何描述战争和混乱的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.
战争就是战争。唯一的好人是一个死人。
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
有时候通过输掉一场战斗，你会找到赢得战争的新方法。
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
告诉我们要服从本能就像告诉我们要服从人一样。人们会说不同的话，直觉也是如此。我们的本能处于战争状态…每一种本能，如果你听从它，都会声称以牺牲其他本能为代价而得到满足。
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
只有死者看到了战争的结束。
When a war breaks out, people say: "It's too stupid, it can't last long." But though a war may be "too stupid," that doesn't prevent its lasting.
当战争爆发时，人们说:“这太愚蠢了，不会持续太久的。”尽管战争可能“太愚蠢”，但这并不妨碍它的持久。