仁慈的人容易认为,一定有一种巧妙的方法,不必造成太大的伤亡就能解除敌人的武装或者打垮敌人,并且认为这是军事艺术真正发展的方向。这种看法不管多么美妙,都是必须消除的错误思想,因为在像战争这么危险的事情中,由仁慈而产生的错误思想正是最为有害的。
War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.
文学的力量在于它能够扰乱、质疑、颠覆那些被视为理所当然的东西。
I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be.
The boundary between physics and mathematics is not as clear-cut as one might think.
翻译:既了解敌人,又了解自己,每次作战都不会有危险。
没有生态平衡,就没有真正的经济效益。
不学《诗经》,就无法表达自己的意思;不学习《礼记》,就无法在社会中立足。
The land teaches patience; the market teaches agility.