A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
战争
War
The king is a saint and cannot rule, and his son is a devil and should not.
国王是圣人，不能统治，他的儿子是恶魔，不应该统治。
For my love, I will wade through an ocean of blood, even if it destroys me.
为了我的爱，我将趟过血的海洋，即使它毁灭了我。
War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.
战争是两个小偷之间的一场争吵，他们太懦弱，不敢打自己的仗。
Then he'd come back home and found out that war didn't cause fear- love did.
然后他回到家，发现战争并没有引起恐惧——是爱引起的。
War, in some instances, especially defensive, has been authorized by Heaven.
战争，在某些情况下，特别是防御，是上天所授权的。
To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences.
思考战争就是思考人类最可怕的经历。
But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success.
但是，如果战争在那之后继续下去，我不指望会成功。
It's a good thing war is so terrible or else we'd get to liking it too much.
战争如此可怕是件好事，否则我们就会太喜欢它了。
All through the night, men looked at the sky and were saddened by the stars.
整个晚上，人们看着天空，为星星感到悲伤。
If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm.
如果说战争中有什么荣誉的话，那就是保护他人免受伤害。
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.
没有任何一面旗帜足以掩盖杀害无辜人民的耻辱。
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
人们说谎最多的时候是打猎之后、战争期间或选举之前。
KEEP EXPLORING
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Jaw jaw is better than war war.
咬牙切齿总比打仗强。
When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.
当富人发动战争时，死去的是穷人。
War created bizarre allies, while peace itself could be divisive.
战争造就了奇异的盟友，而和平本身就可能分裂。
In war, truth is the first casualty.
在战争中，真理是第一个牺牲者。
When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is collapse.
当军官过于强大，普通士兵过于软弱时，结果就是崩溃。