War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

  • -- George Orwell 乔治·奥威尔

战争是邪恶的,但往往是较小的邪恶。

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For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in continuous creation and therefore continuous change and insecurity.

无论善恶,人是一种自由的创造精神。这就产生了我们所生活的奇怪世界,一个不断创造的世界,一个不断变化和不安全的世界。

War begins like a pretty girl with whom every man wants to flirt and ends like an ugly old woman whose visitors suffer and weep.

战争开始时像一个漂亮的女孩,每个男人都想和她调情,结束时像一个丑陋的老妇人,她的客人们痛苦和哭泣。

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

任何邪恶的存在,无论何时何地,都绝对破坏了一种完全的乐观主义。

Accurst be he that first invented war

第一个发明战争的人是该死的