The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.

  • -- Edward Gibbon 爱德华·吉本

士兵的勇气被认为是人性中最廉价、最普遍的品质。

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I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.

我凭着一种更深层的本能,选择了一个男人,他能给我力量,他对我有巨大的要求,他不怀疑我的勇气和韧性,他不相信我的天真和无辜,他有勇气像对待女人一样对待我。

On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.

在战场上,军方承诺不留下任何士兵。作为一个国家,让我们的承诺,当他们回家时,我们不留下任何退伍军人。

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

如果一个人对人性知之甚少,除了改变自己的性情之外,什么都不改变,只追求幸福,那么他的一生将浪费在徒劳的努力中。

I don't think I could be a foot soldier. I don't know if I could take orders too good. I'm a little lazy.

我不认为我能成为一名步兵。我不知道我是否能很好地接受命令。我有点懒。

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

乐观是取得成就的必要条件,也是勇气和真正进步的基础。

It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can.

抱怨是人之常情,但我会继续努力,尽我所能。