The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.

只要对历史稍有了解，就会发现，强大的共和国是最好战、最肆无忌惮的国家。

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

这些石头本身就有着丰富的历史，那些冲过小巷的猫肯定是著名的假扮成猫的鬼魂。

The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in which we live and are increasingly taking our being.

理想情况下，历史教师的工作不应仅仅是对过去文化的描述，而应是我们所生活的文化的一种表现，我们正越来越多地生活在这种文化中。

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

从长远来看，一个国家历史的进步要归功于其普通男女的健全心灵。

The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to absorb its lessons and relate them to its own problems, history, too, would lose its meaning.

历史的概念本身就意味着学者和读者。如果没有一代文明人来研究历史，保存历史记录，吸取历史教训，并把它们与自身的问题联系起来，历史也将失去其意义。

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

书写历史的笔墨只不过是流动的偏见。

The view of history that we get through the kitchen window is a more gentle view, not of war and politics, but of family and community and sharing.

透过厨房的窗户，我们看到的历史观更加温和，不是关于战争和政治，而是关于家庭、社区和分享。

The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.

人类历史的整个进程可能取决于一个孤独的、甚至是卑微的人改变心意- -因为正是在这个孤独的人的思想和灵魂中进行了正义与邪恶的斗争，并最终取得了胜利或失败。

The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.

整个文明史充满了信条和制度，这些信条和制度最初是无价的，后来却致命。

The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.

整个科学史逐渐认识到，事件不是以任意的方式发生的，而是反映了某种潜在的秩序，这种秩序可能是神的启示，也可能不是。

The whole of salvation history is the story of God looking for us: he offers us love and welcomes us with tenderness.

整个救赎的历史就是神寻找我们的故事:他给我们爱，用温柔欢迎我们。

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.

历史上，在每一次新的接触中，双方的人都会犯第一次接触的最大错误，那就是错误地做出假设。它常常被证明是致命的。

There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.

在一个国家的历史上，有些时刻，所作的选择决定了未来几十年的走向。

There are periods in history when change is necessary, and other periods when it is better to keep everything for the time as it is. The art of life is to be in the rhythm of your age.

历史上有一些时期，变革是必要的，也有一些时期，一切都应按兵不动。生活的艺术在于跟上时代的节奏。

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.

还有许多值得牺牲的事业，还有那么多的历史有待创造。