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Fortune favours the audacious. Nothing is to be feared but fear. 除了恐惧本身以外，没有任何东西更值得害怕 弗兰西斯·培根，英国散文作家，哲学家和政治家，古典经验论始祖。 In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention. 正义战争需要三个要素：君主统军权威，正义理由，以及正直动机。 托马斯 阿奎那，意大利神学家和哲学家，中世纪经院哲学代表人物。 Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World. 金色阳光照耀下，我们离开了旧大陆。 克里斯托弗 哥伦布，意大利航海家曾四次横渡大西洋，并发现美洲新大陆。 War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. 对未谙兵事之人而言，战争无疑殊为浪漫。 The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war. 最勉强之和平亦胜过最正义之战争。 伊拉斯漠，中世纪尼德兰著名人文主义思想家和神学家，曾拒受枢机主教职位。 Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War. 和平之利，岂逊于兵戈之威。 What does not destroy me, makes me strong. 或使吾等灭亡，或令吾等昂扬。 Luck is the residue of design. 良好机遇乃思虑审慎之产物。 Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. 王地狱善于侍天堂。 For what can war, but endless war, still breed? 无论何物皆可战，无尽之战不得蕃。 约翰 弥尔顿，英国学者，克伦威尔派政治家，著有[失乐园][复乐园]和[参孙]。 If you do not leave this pasturage, Saladin will come and attack you here. And if youretreat from this attack the shame and reproach will be very great. 君上若坚守此地，无非面对萨拉丁。若引军遁逸，则须直面举世嚣嚣。唯君上三思。 圣殿骑士团团长杰拉德·德·雷德福致耶路撒冷国王居伊的信 Do you know, my son, with what little understanding the world is ruled? 要知道，孩子，我们对主宰这个世界的神秘法则几乎一无所知。 教皇儒略三世，在任时限制枢机主教圣禄，并严厉整顿修道院纪律。 A safe stronghold our God is still. A trusty shield and weapon. 天主乃至为坚强之壁垒，是我们最信赖的盾牌和武器。 Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding. 信仰的力量超越一切逻辑，理解和感觉。 Nothing good ever comes of violence. 暴力无法培育出任何善果。 War is the greatest plague that can affect humanity; it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it. 战争乃至凶之物，它扭曲人性，摧残信仰，它拆散家庭，毁灭国家。任何灾难，都与之相形见拙。 马丁·路德，十六世纪德国宗教改革运动发起者，新教路德宗奠基人。 Since love and fear can hardly coexist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved. 爱戴和憎恨固不可共存，若必择其一，后者则更为适宜。 The princes who have done great things are the ones who have ta