It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct.

  • -- Elihu Root 伊莱休·鲁特

值得注意的是,每一件避免战争的案例通常都是一种收益,因为它有助于形成一种和平的习惯,而长期持续的社区习惯成为行为的标准。

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Argentine political life is like the life of an ant community or an African forest tribe: full of events, full of crisis and deaths, but life is always cyclical, and the year ends as it begins.

阿根廷的政治生活就像蚂蚁群落或非洲森林部落的生活:充满事件,充满危机和死亡,但生活总是循环往复的,一年到头都是这样。

My head was always bubbling over with facts and it seems to me this had little to do with my paying close attention in school and more to do with my voracious and omnivorous reading habits.

我的脑子里总是塞满了各种各样的事实,在我看来,这与我在学校里的注意力集中没有多大关系,更多的是由于我贪婪而杂食性的阅读习惯。

Well, ever since I was little, I knew that singing was what I wanted to do, and then I got into, you know, doing drama club and community theater.

嗯,从我很小的时候,我就知道唱歌是我想做的,然后我进入了,你知道,戏剧俱乐部和社区剧院。

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

我的问题在于如何协调我的总习惯和净收入。

Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.

赢得和平比赢得战争更难。