来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第18集 第18集》

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  you have to make an estimate and that's always the way it is,
  你必须评估形势 人们总是这样做的
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  unless you are simply an aggressive state
  除非你就是一个侵略国家
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  and all you want to do is conquer,
  你想要的就是征服
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  and you don't care about anything else.
  而且你不关心其它任何事情
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  You're always trying to figure out
  你总是试图去想清楚
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  will it be safer to fight or not to fight,
  到底是打仗更安全还是不打仗更安全
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  will it be safer to try to make a concession
  作出让步会更安全吗
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  or will that make it more dangerous.
  又或者 那会更危险吗
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  Those are always the issues, always the problems.
  那些总是不断需要思考的内容和问题
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  One of the great imbecilities that I discovered
  我这辈子发现的一个极其愚蠢的事情是
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  all through my life is people will contemplate going to war
  在我们这个时代的不同时期
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  at different times in our time, is the quiet assumption,
  人们总是期望开战 这是公认的想法