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

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

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。

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My father came from an intellectual and studious avenue as opposed to a brawler's avenue. So I had to go further afield and I brought all kinds of unscrupulous oiks back home - earless, toothless vagabonds - to teach me the arts of the old bagarre.

我父亲来自知识分子和勤奋的家庭,而不是斗殴者的家庭。所以我不得不去更远的地方,我把各种无耻的家伙带回家——没有耳朵,没有牙齿的流浪汉——教我老巴嘎尔人的艺术。

Food prices are often kept artificially high. The result is that the Millennium Development Goals set out by the United Nations at the start of the new millennium are not being reached. Fine words have not yet been turned into deeds.

食品价格经常被人为地保持在高位。其结果是,联合国在新千年开始时制定的千年发展目标没有得到实现。漂亮的话还没有变成行动。

People who think my books are autobiographical, which they're not, credit me with having a much better memory than I do. I do, however, have a powerful imagination.

有些人认为我的书是自传体的,其实不然,他们认为我的记忆力比我好得多。然而,我有一个强大的想象力。

Acquaintance many, and conquaintance few, But for inquaintance I know only two - The friend I've wept and the maid I woo

相识的人很多,征服的人却很少,但出于好奇,我只认识两个——我哭泣的朋友和我追求的姑娘

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

我们都必须遵守伟大的变革法则。这是大自然最强大的法则。

Everybody knows that the industrialized nations are the worst offenders.

每个人都知道工业化国家是罪魁祸首。

Large republics seem to be essentially and inherently aggressive.

大共和国似乎在本质上和本质上都具有侵略性。

The more acquaintances, the more danger.

熟人越多,危险就越大。