A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
战争
War
Until they feel what we feel, they will never fully understand the own hell they caused.
除非他们能体会到我们的感受,否则他们永远不会完全理解自己造成的地狱。
Remember that even in war there is a time for restraint. A time to hold back your sword.
记住,即使在战争中也有克制的时候。是时候收起你的剑了。
The House of Peers, throughout the war, did nothing in particular, and did it very well.
在整个战争期间,上议院没有做什么特别的事,而且做得很好。
We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.
我们的本性不和谐。我们不能生活在一起而不伤害彼此。
Having been to war myself, I do not understand why so many people are so in love with it.
我自己也经历过战争,我不明白为什么那么多人如此热爱战争。
We say that we care about the war, but we don't even really know what we're fighting for.
我们说我们关心战争,但我们甚至不知道我们在为什么而战。
This was one of the casualties of war, that trust itself seemed to die a thousand deaths.
这是一场伤亡惨重的战争,那信任本身似乎就死了一千个人。
Too bad people can't always be playing music, maybe then there wouldn't be any more wars.
坏人不能总是在演奏音乐,也许这样就不会有更多的战争了。
The use of force is always an answer to problems...it isn't an attractive answer, though.
使用武力总是解决问题的办法。不过,这个答案并不吸引人。
Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy's purpose.
战争的胜利是通过使自己小心地适应敌人的目的而获得的。
We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors.
在不了解邻国的意图之前,我们不能结盟。
The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.
战时服役只适合亡命之徒,和平时期服役只适合傻瓜。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
We make war that we may live in peace.
我们发动战争是为了和平。
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。
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。
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。
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
只有死者看到了战争的结束。