War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

  • -- Percy Bysshe Shelley 珀西·比西·雪莱

战争是政治家的游戏,是牧师的乐趣,是律师的笑话,是受雇刺客的职业。

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I think in the corridors of power these dangerous kinds of orders are issued in a much more vague way, passed down two or three levels of command before they're given to the assassin.

我认为,在权力走廊里,这些危险的命令以一种更加模糊的方式下达,在下达给刺客之前,要经过两三个级别的命令。

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry.

真正的快乐精神,兴奋,超越自我的感觉,这是最优秀的试金石,在数学和诗歌中都能找到。

A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.

一个名叫律师的酋长,因为他很健谈,在议会中起了带头作用,几乎卖掉了整个内兹佩尔斯。

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.

那些最不拿自己开玩笑的人,会被别人的笑话逗乐。

Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it.

生活是一个笑话;所有的事情都表明了这一点。我曾经这么想过;但现在我知道了。

There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.

歌唱是快乐的,虽然除了歌唱的人没有人听见。

As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice.

作为一名律师,一名普通公民,你会看到很多不公。

Priests return to the temple, merchants to the shop.

牧师回到寺庙,商人回到商店。

I wanted passionately to be a priest.

我热切地想成为一名牧师。

Poverty and War have no excuse.

贫穷和战争没有借口。

I am against all war.

我反对一切战争。