There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.

  • -- Miguel de Cervantes 塞万提斯

没有什么比战争更容易受到命运无常的影响。

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From these inconsiderable attempts, some idea may be formed with what success, should Fortune afford an opportunity, I am likely to treat matters of greater importance.

从这些微不足道的尝试中,我可能会得出这样的结论:如果命运给我一个机会,我将获得怎样的成功?

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem.

战争的自然原则是:以最小的伤害自己,最大的伤害敌人;这当然要靠策略来实现。

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

人的幸福和痛苦取决于运气,同样取决于脾气。

When you go to war, both sides lose totally.

当你发动战争时,双方都彻底失败了。