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.
释义:就像飞蛾扑向火焰一样,哪里会因为可能被焚烧身体而感到可惜呢。比喻表达了一种义无反顾、勇往直前的精神,即使面临危险和牺牲也在所不惜。
To study the phenomena of mind from the standpoint of the soul is nothing less than the way to perfect knowledge.
The pet dog suspects the universe for scheming to take its place.