A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
战争
War
In a rich moonlit garden, flowers open beneath the eyes of entire nations terrified to acknowledge the simplicity of the beauty of peace.
在一个洒满月光的花园里，鲜花在所有民族的眼睛下开放着，他们害怕承认和平之美是如此简单。
All forces are a deterrent to and would be employed in a general war. Most of our forces could be employed in a limited war, if required.
所有部队都是一种威慑力量，并将在一场全面战争中使用。如果有必要，我们的大部分部队可以投入有限的战争。
War is the greatest evil Satan has invented to corrupt our hearts and souls. We should honor our soldiers, but we should never honor war.
战争是撒旦为了腐化我们的心灵而发明的最大的邪恶。我们应该尊敬我们的战士，但绝不应该尊敬战争。
War is big and there are only so many reporters and only so many places for their words and images to appear. Choices are made constantly.
战争是巨大的，只有那么多的记者，只有那么多的地方出现他们的文字和图像。选择是不断做出的。
War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent.
战争是一种破碎的方式…材料，否则可能被用来使群众过于舒适和…太聪明了。
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。
The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.
昔之善战者，先为不可胜，以待敌之可胜。
You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There was incredible vitriol in it.
你知道，让我印象深刻的内战音乐是多么血腥;充满了仇恨。里面有令人难以置信的刻薄话。
The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation form their purposes.
政治目标是目标，战争是达到这一目标的手段，决不能把这些手段同它们的目的分开来考虑。
War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However, we're very unlikely to accept or recognize "world peace" even when we get it.
正如拿破仑所知道的那样，战争已经不可能了。然而，即使我们得到了“世界和平”，我们也不太可能接受或承认它。
May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!
愿上帝同样的仁慈把这个可恶的怪物，战争，连同她那可恶的伙伴，贪婪和贪得无厌的野心，从所有的土地上驱逐出去!
I don't believe in war as a solution to any kind of conflict, nor do I believe in heroism on the battlefield because I have never seen any.
我不相信战争能解决任何形式的冲突，也不相信战场上的英雄主义，因为我从未见过。
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War is a proof that idea has boundary.
战争是思想有边界的证明。
In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
在准备战斗时，我总是发现计划是无用的，但计划是必不可少的。
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。
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。
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。
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
当然，战争是可以避免的;但它们比某种和平要好得多。