战争是一件丑陋的事情,但不是最丑陋的事情:道德和爱国情感的腐化和堕落状态认为没有什么事情值得一场战争,这要糟糕得多。
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse.
Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born.
成为勇者的简单步骤,是不参与谎言。一个真理的词语重如泰山。如果对邪恶保持沉默,把它埋在我们内心深处,以至于表面上看不出它的迹象,那我们就是在植入它,它将在未来以千倍的速度崛起。
人们可以非常聪明或拥有直接适用的技能,但如果他们不真正相信它,那么他们就不会真正努力工作。
【释义】如果声誉超过了实际的才德,君子就会对此感到羞耻。