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战争
War
Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated into divisions.
不论战船的数量是多少，通常都分为三个中队;这些人，虽多，也是分散的。
I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.
为了防止战争，我夜以继日地工作了十二年，但我做不到。北方疯狂而盲目，不让我们管理自己，于是战争爆发了。
We want to live at any price; so we cannot burden ourselves with feelings which, though they might be ornamental enough in peace-time, would be out of place here.
我们愿意不惜任何代价活着;因此，我们不能用感情来负担自己的负担，尽管在和平时期，这些感情可能具有足够的装饰性，但在这里却不合时宜。
As the only woman, I was able to sit with the officers in front, with a glass of vodka in one hand and a cucumber in the other. That's how I went to my first war.
作为唯一的女性，我能够和前面的警官坐在一起，一手拿着一杯伏特加，一手拿着一根黄瓜。这就是我第一次参加战争的方式。
You're always at war with the guy on the other bench. You pick up their patterns. That's what I got the most out of this year. I know what other coaches like to do.
你总是和坐在另一条板凳上的那个家伙争吵。你学习他们的模式。这就是我今年收获最多的。我知道其他教练喜欢做什么。
There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating.
通过核战争他得不到任何值得拥有的东西——任何物质或意识形态上的东西——任何传统都无法捍卫。这完全是弄巧成拙。
When the war ends, it will be found that there was an equal amount of "thuggery" practiced on both sides, that terrible things were done to force the final victory.
当战争结束的时候，你会发现双方都有同样数量的“谋害”，为了取得最后的胜利而做了可怕的事情。
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
与其赢得一千场战斗，不如征服自己。那么胜利就是你的了。无论是天使、是鬼魔、是天堂、是地狱、都不能夺去你的灵魂。
On the contrary, all the world would point to that nation as violating a treaty, by going to war with a country with whom they had engaged to enter into arbitration.
相反，全世界都将指出，这个国家违反了一项条约，与他们曾经约定要进行仲裁的国家发生战争。
The War has been waged with success, although there have been in some instances errors and misfortunes. But the heart of the nation is sounder and its hopes brighter.
这场战争取得了成功，虽然在某些情况下也有错误和不幸。但是这个国家的心脏更加健全，希望更加光明。
War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.
战争:第一，希望胜利;那么人们就会认为敌人会失败;那么，一个人就会因为自己也在受苦而感到满足;最后，人们会惊讶地发现，所有人都输了。
Bad things do happen in the world, like war, natural disasters, disease. But out of those situations always arise stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
世界上确实会发生不好的事情，比如战争、自然灾害、疾病。但在这些情况下总会出现普通人做不平凡的事情的故事。
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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。
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。
If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.
如果没有战争，就不会有伟大的将军;如果没有伟大的时刻，你就不会有伟大的政治家;如果林肯生活在和平时期，没有人会知道他的名字。
The worst thing we can do, the absolute worst, is to do nothing.
我们能做的最糟糕的事情，绝对最糟糕的事情，就是什么也不做。
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
故胜兵先胜而后求战，败兵先战而后求胜。
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。