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。

The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in front.

作战部队的后方不是正确判断前方情况的最佳地点。

Ennui and lethargy are waging a war inside me.

无聊和无精打采正在我的内心发动一场战争。