Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.

  • -- Barbara Kingsolver 芭芭拉?金索佛

从长远来看,战争和选举既太大又太小,都无关紧要。每天的工作——就是这样,累积起来。

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A politician looks forward only to the next election. A statesman looks forward to the next generation.

一个政治家只盼望下一次选举。一位政治家对下一代充满期待。

No one is now what they were before the war. There’s just no getting any of it back.

现在没有人是战前的他们了。没有人能把它找回来。

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

人们说谎最多的时候是打猎之后、战争期间或选举之前。

How much energy they put into harming each other. How little into saving.

他们投入了多少精力去伤害彼此。储蓄少得可怜。