A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
战争
War
There were loads of plays which were very popular before and after the war, where everybody wore a dinner jacket in the third act and it was in a house that you wished you'd owned with people that you wish you knew. It was life seen through a very privileged way.
有很多戏剧在战前和战后都很受欢迎，在第三幕中，每个人都穿着晚礼服，而且是在一所房子里，你希望和你希望认识的人一起住。这是通过一种特权的方式来看待生活。
I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming features in the Civil War in that there was some spirit of sacrifice and heroism displayed on both sides. I see no redeeming features in Watergate.
我曾经认为内战是我们国家最大的悲剧，但我确实记得内战有一些可取之处，因为双方都表现出了牺牲精神和英雄主义。我看不出水门事件有什么可取之处。
Now these questions are not new. War, in one form or another, appeared with the first man. At the dawn of history, its morality was not questioned; it was simply a fact, like drought or disease -- the manner in which tribes and then civilizations sought power and settled their differences.
这些问题并不新鲜。战争，以这样或那样的形式，和第一个人一起出现了。在历史的开端，它的道德没有受到质疑;这只是一个事实，就像干旱或疾病一样——部落和文明寻求权力和解决分歧的方式。
I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But I will venture to assert, that a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward.
我并不是要完全排除爱国主义的概念。我知道它的存在，我知道它在目前的竞争中发挥了很大作用。但是，我要大胆地说，一场伟大和持久的战争决不能仅靠这一原则来支持。它必须得到利益或某种回报的前景的帮助。
It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take his own life first. In fact, this act has been encouraged for centuries, and is accepted even now as an honorable reason to do the deed. How is it any different when you are under attack by your own mind?
当一名战士在一场不可避免地会导致他死亡的攻击下，选择先结束自己的生命，这并不被认为是疯狂的。事实上，这种行为已经被鼓励了几个世纪，甚至现在也被认为是做这种行为的一个光荣的理由。当你受到自己思想的攻击时，又有什么不同呢?
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Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.
组织、鼓动、教育，必须是我们的战争口号。
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。
Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
告诉我们要服从本能就像告诉我们要服从人一样。人们会说不同的话，直觉也是如此。我们的本能处于战争状态…每一种本能，如果你听从它，都会声称以牺牲其他本能为代价而得到满足。
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。
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。
War drags human beings from their tasks of building and improving, and pushes them en masse into the category of destroyers and killers.
战争把人类从建造和改进的任务中拖出来，把他们全部推入毁灭者和杀手的行列。