War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation that the other fellow will be worse off; then, the satisfaction that he isn't any better off; and, finally, the surprise at everyone's being worse off.

  • -- Karl Kraus 卡尔·克劳斯

战争最初是希望人们生活得更好;其次,预期另一个人的境况会更糟;然后,他没有变得更好的满足感;最后,每个人的境况都在恶化,这让我很惊讶。

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The idea that war can ever bring freedom is quite possibly the greatest deception that mankind has ever forced upon himself.

认为战争能带来自由的想法很可能是人类强加给自己的最大的欺骗。

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death.

作为一场战争的作者,他释放了整个地狱的传染,打开了一根血脉,使一个国家流血至死。