A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
战争
War
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
任何一个看过战场上垂死士兵呆滞的眼神的人都会在开战前仔细思考。
The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners waved Bibles over their heads in the Civil War and justified it.
圣经是一个极端支持奴隶制的文件。在南北战争中，奴隶主们将圣经高举过头，并为其正名。
During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable, even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.
在战争时期，仇恨变得相当可敬，尽管它常常要以爱国主义的名义伪装起来。
God cannot help us in war, he can only fall into tears as he watches his creation destroy each other...until he's had enough
上帝不能在战争中帮助我们，他只能在看着他的创造物互相毁灭时流泪……直到他受够为止
Through the years our business has been killing;-it was our first calling in life. Our knowledge of life is limited to death.
多年来，我们的事业一直在走下坡路，这是我们人生的第一个使命。我们对生命的认识仅限于死亡。
The problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone you’d ever left behind riding on your shoulders.
生存的问题在于，你最终会发现，你身后的每一个人的幽灵都骑在你的肩膀上。
If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
如果人们大声疾呼反对我的野蛮和残忍，我将回答说，战争就是战争，而不是追求声望。
The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.
相信有可能爆发一场短暂的决定性战争，似乎是人类最古老、最危险的幻想之一。
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
能够把战争打赢的人很少能缔造和平，能够缔造和平的人永远不会赢得战争。
Till the war-drum throbb`d no longer, and the battle-flags were furl`d; In the parliament of man; the Federation of the world.
直到战鼓不再响，战旗也卷起;在人类的议会中;世界联盟。
Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.
从历史上看，最可怕的事情——战争、种族灭绝和奴隶制——不是源于不服从，而是源于服从。
War doesn’t start with an explosion. It bears far more subtlety. A simmer beneath the surface, as if bringing broth to a boil.
战争不是从爆炸开始的。它承载着更微妙的含义。在锅底下炖，就像把肉汤煮开一样。
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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。
Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.
滑铁卢战役很可能是在伊顿公学的操场上打赢的，但后来所有战争的首场战役都在那里输掉了。
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。
We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
我们将不惜一切代价保卫我们的岛屿，我们将在海滩上战斗，我们将在登陆场战斗，我们将在田野和街道上战斗，我们将在山上战斗;我们决不投降。
My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.
我早期的战争经历使我怀疑纪律的价值，即使是在纪律常常被认为是成功的首要条件的领域。
In war, truth is the first casualty.
在战争中，真理是第一个牺牲者。