War seems to come out of nowhere, like rust that suddenly pops up on iron after a storm.

  • -- Victor Davis Hanson 维克托·戴维斯·汉森

战争似乎不知从何而来,就像暴风雨过后铁上突然冒出的铁锈。

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Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures.

在这里,社会被还原为原始的元素,艺术和传统的整体结构被粗暴地击成碎片,人们发现自己突然回到了原始本性的需要和资源。

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.

一个人的头脑总有办法在幕后发挥作用,他的意图突然变得清晰起来。

I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.

宁可被锈死,也不愿被永磨净尽。

A woman's sword is her tongue, and she does not let it rust.

女人的剑是她的舌头,她不让它生锈。