A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
战争
War
Whether in an advantageous position or a disadvantageous one, the opposite state should be always present to your mind.
无论是处于有利的位置还是不利的位置，你的脑海中应该始终呈现出相反的状态。
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
没有哪个王八蛋是通过为国家牺牲而赢得战争的。他通过让另一个可怜的愚蠢的混蛋为他的国家而死而赢得了这场战争。
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
那些未经挑衅而进行的战争是不公正的。因为只有为复仇或自卫而发动的战争才是正义的。
The utter helplessness of a conquered people is perhaps the most tragic feature of a civil war or any other sort of war.
一个被征服的民族的彻底无助，也许是内战或任何其他战争中最悲惨的特征。
The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.
大部分的王子更喜欢战争的礼仪和骑士精神，而不是和平的壮举。
Peace is not the absence of war; it is a virtue; a state of mind; a disposition for benevolence; confidence; and justice.
和平不是没有战争;这是一种美德;精神状态;仁慈的性格;信心;和正义。
Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.
恶有恶报。这是一种美德，如果它要在市场上引起消费者的兴趣，就必须贴上绿色盾牌的邮票。
I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.
我观察到棒球和战争没有什么不同，当你直接面对它的时候，我们击球手就是重型火炮。
They have not wanted Peace at all; they have wanted to be spared war -- as though the absence of war was the same as peace.
他们根本不需要和平;他们希望避免战争——就好像没有战争就等于没有和平一样。
The Little War? How can there be a little war? Are some deaths smaller than others, leaving mothers who weep a little less?
小战争?怎么会有一场小小的战争呢?是否有些人的死亡比其他人少，让母亲们少哭一点?
The idea that war can ever bring freedom is quite possibly the greatest deception that mankind has ever forced upon himself.
认为战争能带来自由的想法很可能是人类强加给自己的最大的欺骗。
The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in front.
作战部队的后方不是正确判断前方情况的最佳地点。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
你听说了吗，赢得今天是件好事?我还说，失败是件好事，因为在胜利的同时，战斗也以同样的精神失败了。
Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.
和平是文明的美德。战争是它的罪行。
If you believe Might is Right, it follows that whoever cannot hold their ground does not deserve to keep it.
如果你相信强权是对的，那么谁不能坚守自己的阵地，谁就不配守住它。
Peace would always be less compelling than war. Perhaps that was why there was so little of it in the world.
和平永远不会像战争那样令人信服。也许这就是为什么世界上的黄金如此之少。
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
永远不要认为战争，无论多么必要，多么正当，都不是犯罪。
All are at war with the one who wars against self.
所有人都在与与自己作战的人交战。