An unjust peace is better than a just war.

最勉强的和平亦胜过最正义的战争

Wait for that wisest of all counsellors, time.

等待时间的裁判吧，它是最公正，最贤明的

Fortune favours the bold.

勇者天佑

Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.

年轻人们，请听听我这个老人的话语;当我年轻时，老人们也不能无视我的意见

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

取胜之机在于隐秘行动

The corpse of an enemy always smells sweet.

敌卒之尸臭，吾辈之甘饴

Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.

每个人都是自己命运的缔造者

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

不要模仿就是最好的报复

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

怒火焚心，则虎狼难敌

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

择友当以慎，侍友当以恒

Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge.

宽容方显高贵

An alliance with the powerful is never to be trusted.

大国之盟，未可轻信

If I've done well, give loud applause, shouts of joy in this actor's cause.

倘若众位认为我的表演足够精彩，就请报以雷鸣般的掌声吧！

He conquers who endures.

能忍人所不能忍，必成年人所不能成

I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks another.

口是心非，人皆不齿

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.

勇气源于自尊，自尊源于自制

An honest man is always a child.

诚者永葆童真

War spares not the brave but the cowardly.

征战如披沙拣金：勇者巍然，懦者授首

I think the slain care little if they sleep or rise again.

屠杀者并不在乎受害者能不能睡着，或是会不会复活

To a good general luck is important.

对良将而言，时运必不可少

Hidden talent counts for nothing.

隐而未扬的天赋一文不值

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

人恒为谬，此非耻也;谬而不悟，此至愚也

Learn to obey before you command.

施令之前，先晓从令

The strong did what they could, and the weak suffered what they must.

强者横行，弱者受难

A people's voice is dangerous when charged with wrath.

悲恸之吟，势莫可当

After the war is over, make alliances.

止戈之后当立盟

A good general not only sees the way to victory, he also knows when victory is impossible.

良将须通晓取胜之道，亦知不可胜之机

It is the noblest and safest thing for a great army to be visibly animated by one spirit.

一支大军被一种可以看到的精神所激励;没有比这更高尚更安全的了

In war, truth is the first casualty.

战争之中，真理先亡

In soft regions are born soft men.

温柔之乡出懦民

This town is full of violent drunks who can't sleep until they have beaten someone up.

这座城里满是凶暴的醉鬼;他们倘若不找个人痛打一顿，这一天都无法安眠

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return the better to thinking.

头脑需要放松和球探足球比分，这样才能更好地工作

Necessity is the mother of invention.

需求乃发明之母

Haste in every business brings failures.

匆忙只会招致失败

Before beginning, plan carefully.

着手之前，计划周全

Men in however high a station ought to fear the humble.

无论身居怎样的高位，都应对下等人怀有敬畏之心

For illustrious men have the whole earth for their tomb.

忠勇之魄，当以浩荡坤舆为冢！

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

未必言己之所知，然必知己之所言

What an artist dies with me!

一位多么伟大的艺术家就要死了啊！

Even you Brutus?

连你也有份吗，布鲁图斯?

Who was the first that forged the deadly blade? Of rugged steel his savage soul was made.

是谁第一个铸造出了杀人的利刃?他粗莽的心灵必如顽铁一般！

If we begin the war in haste, we'll have many delays before we end it, owing to our lack of preparation.

我等倘若无备而轻启衅端，必将迁延日久，深陷其中

The single best augury is to fight for one's country.

极上之谶，便是为国而战

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

危机常随武断而至

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

罗马兴于鄙陋的初始，却终于辉煌的威名

To do no evil is good, to intend none better.

诸恶莫作，此为善也;恶念莫生，善之善也

These are Sparta's walls.

诸军士便是斯巴达的城墙！

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

光荣之伴随美德，如同影子依附人身

Aggression unchallenged is aggression unleashed.

有寇不击，何异于放任其为所欲为

A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.

御国者多则无益。一国之内，当奉一君

If a man does not strike first, he will be the first struck.

疑而不击者，必受其乱