A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
战争
War
What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.
战争是多么残酷的事情啊……让我们的心中充满仇恨,而不是对邻居的爱。
If we think of what's up ahead, with climate change and wars over water, it's very frightening.
如果我们想想未来会发生什么,气候变化和水资源战争,这是非常可怕的。
The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.
婚礼队伍的音乐总是让我想起士兵们上战场时的音乐。
War is the action of low man: Low in morality, low in humanity, and low in all the good values.
战争是低等人的行为:道德低下,人性低下,所有美好的价值观低下。
Much has changed since the end of the Cold War that augurs well for the survival of our nation.
自冷战结束以来发生了许多变化,这对我国的生存是一个好兆头。
It’s too bad war gets all the attention; it’s too bad the plant is easier to see than the root.
太糟糕了,战争吸引了所有的注意力;太可惜了,植物比根更容易看见。
One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters.
毕竟,战争的主要影响之一是,人们不愿意扮演角色。
From the moment this war began, there was, for this state, only one policy possible, neutrality.
从这场战争开始的那一刻起,对于这个国家来说,只有一个政策是可能的,那就是中立。
There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.
与墨守成规者相比,还有一种程度更低的怯懦:时髦的非墨守成规者。
A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth.
一件事可能发生,但完全是谎言;另一件事可能不会发生,而且比真相更真实。
I don't go to war for the adrenaline rush. I cover wars because that's what I've ended up doing.
我上战场不是为了刺激肾上腺素。我报道战争,因为那是我最后所做的。
Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.
许多战争情报报告相互矛盾;更多的是错误的,大多数是不确定的。
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There never was a good war or a bad peace.
从来没有好的战争或坏的和平。
We make war that we may live in peace.
我们发动战争是为了和平。
Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.
组织、鼓动、教育,必须是我们的战争口号。
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
我发誓,无论何时何地,只要有人忍受痛苦和羞辱,我绝不保持沉默。我们必须始终站在任何一方。中立帮助压迫者,而不是受害者。沉默鼓励受折磨的人,而不是受折磨的人。
Arrived too late. Act already done.
来得太迟了。行动已经完成。
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。