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In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best.

  • -- Walter Bagehot 沃尔特·巴格霍特

在世界上每一个特定的国家，那些最强大的国家往往会战胜其他国家;在某些显著的特性中，最强的往往是最好的。

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As the First World War made painfully clear, when politicians and generals lead nations into war, they almost invariably assume swift victory, and have a remarkably enduring tendency not to foresee problems that, in hindsight, seem obvious.

正如第一次世界大战令人痛苦地表明的那样，当政治家和将军们带领国家进入战争时，他们几乎总是假定会迅速取得胜利，而且有一种非常持久的倾向，即不会预见到事后看来显而易见的问题。

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There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.

只有一条适用于所有人的法律，那就是支配所有法律的法律，我们造物主的法律，人类的法律，正义，公平的法律——自然和国家的法律。

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Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life, it is not in the strongest to deprive us of death.

虽然最软弱的手也能夺走生命，但最强壮的手却不能夺走我们的生命。

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If and when we get married, only a completely opposite system will prevail.

如果我们结婚了，只有完全相反的制度才会盛行。

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