If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.

  • -- William Tecumseh Sherman 威廉·特库姆塞·谢尔曼

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。

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Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being.

战争中的一切都是野蛮的……但是,战争最野蛮的地方在于,它迫使人们集体采取行动,而个人则要用整个生命来反抗。

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。

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

和平不仅比战争好,而且远比战争艰难。