The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; 'tis dearness only that gives everything its value.

  • -- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩

冲突越激烈,胜利就越光荣。我们太容易得到的东西,我们太不重视;只有珍贵才赋予一切价值。

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Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men ... crisis shows us what we have become.

伟大的场合不会造就英雄或懦夫;他们只是在男人的眼前揭开面纱……危机向我们展示了我们已经成为什么样的人。

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.

试图掩盖尚未愈合的伤口,是愚蠢人的虚假耻辱。