The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.

  • -- Gene Roddenberry 吉恩·罗登贝瑞

文明的力量不是由它的战争能力来衡量的,而是由它防止战争的能力来衡量的。

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In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow men, he is constantly acting a studied part.

在文明生活中,一个人的幸福,甚至几乎是他的生存,在很大程度上取决于他的同胞的意见,他不断地扮演着一个研究的角色。

The world of scholarship is much more measured in its appreciation and also its criticism than the world of popular literature.

与通俗文学相比,学术界在欣赏和批评方面的尺度要大得多。

I don't think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It's to do with how much anger is in you.

我不认为你的战斗能力和你有多大有什么关系。这与你内心的愤怒有关。

For a while... Is a phrase whose length can't be measured. At least by the person who's waiting.

一段时间……是一个长度无法测量的短语。至少是等待的人。

The old for want of ability, and the young for want of knowledge, let things be lost.

老年人因为缺乏能力,年轻人因为缺乏知识,就让东西丢失吧。

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

文明的存在是经地质同意的,如有变更,恕不另行通知。