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战争
War
War is grounded in the notion of triumph and defeat. It is zero-sum.
战争是以胜利和失败为基础的。它是零和。
Some day I'd like to cover a war in a country as ugly as war itself.
有一天，我想报道一场发生在一个和战争本身一样丑陋的国家的战争。
War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of.
战争是生命乘以一些从未有人听说过的数字。
And when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.
当所有的战争结束时，蝴蝶仍然是美丽的。
No matter how far from the war we run, it always catches up with us.
不管我们离战争有多远，它总会追上我们。
On the journey towards the beloved, you live by dying at every step.
在通往爱人的路上，你的每一步都在走向死亡。
Do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat.
多算计，必然胜利;少算计，必然失败。
Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.
攻其无备，出其不意。
In case of war, a treaty would have to be made at the end of the war.
万一发生战争，必须在战争结束时签订条约。
If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly.
如果我们在空中输了战争，我们就输了战争，而且输得很快。
If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak.
如果军营里发生骚乱，将军的权威就会减弱。
If peace only had the music and pageantry of war, there'd be no wars.
如果和平只有音乐和华丽的战争，就不会有战争。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
In a rich moonlit garden, flowers open beneath the eyes of entire nations terrified to acknowledge the simplicity of the beauty of peace.
在一个洒满月光的花园里，鲜花在所有民族的眼睛下开放着，他们害怕承认和平之美是如此简单。
There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions.
历史上很少有个别历史能够在没有战争或革命的情况下走自己的路。
Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.
老男人宣战。但必须战斗和死亡的是年轻人。
Thus, the use of fiat money is more justifiable in financing a depression than in financing a war.
因此，在为大萧条融资时，使用法定货币比为战争融资更合理。
Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.
虽然成为一个大国的目标是能够打一场伟大的战争，但保持大国地位的唯一方法是不打一场战争。
Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.
我们这一代人没有经历过大战，没有经历过大萧条。我们的战争是精神上的。我们的抑郁就是我们的生活。