Nature is never lapidary.
自然从不刻板。
在战争中，没有赢家，只有幸存者。
It is India that gave us the ingenious method of expressing all numbers by means of ten symbols, each symbol receiving a value of position as well as an absolute value.
翻译：机遇稍纵即逝，看到合适的时机却犹豫不前，最终只会留下悔恨，该行动时要果断。
这段话是茅以升对自己一生的总结，强调奋斗是人生的重要桥梁。
Stolen bodies working stolen land. It was an engine that did not stop, its hungry boiler fed with blood.