The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

同样的野心既能毁灭也能拯救,既能造就无赖也能造就爱国者。

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Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.

塞尔维亚不想以和平的方式承认我们的国家,因此他们要摧毁我们。我们所有寻求和平解决办法的努力都是不可能的。为了拯救人民,北约不得不介入。

A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen.

他说任何爱国者都不应该在战争结束前攻击战争……是说没有好儿子应该警告他的母亲悬崖,直到她倒下。

We destroy things with our curiosity. We shatter with our best intentions.

我们用好奇心破坏事物。我们用我们最好的意愿粉碎。

A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot.

一个政治家为了保住他的工作什么都愿意做——甚至成为一个爱国者。

Do good to a knave, and pray God he may not do the same to thee.

你要善待无赖,祈求上帝不要让他也这样对待你。