Come home with this shield or upon it -- A Spartan woman equips her son
回来的时候要么带着你的盾牌要么躺在上面——一位在给儿子整装的斯巴达的母亲
Against danger it pays to be prepared -- Aesop
面对危险的时候只有有准备的人才会有所收获——伊索(古希腊寓言家)
Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence -- Alcaeus
勇敢的士兵是城市最好的防卫箭塔——阿尔凯奥斯(希腊抒情诗人)
A dead enemy always smells good -- Alus Vitellus
敌人死亡的味道闻起来总是那么的好——Alus Vitellus
War spares not the brave but the cowardly -- Anacreon
战争只会舍弃胆怯的人而不是勇敢的人——阿克那里翁(古希腊抒情诗人)
We make war that we may live in peace -- Aristotle
战争才能带来和平——亚里斯多德(古希腊大哲学家,科学家)
The sinews of war are infinite money -- Cicero
无穷的金钱是战争的原动力——西塞罗(古罗马政治家、雄辩家、著作家)
To lead untrained people to war is to throw them away -- Confucius
把没有训练的士兵带进战场等于把他们投入死亡——孔子(中国春秋末期思想家、政治家、教育家,儒家的创始者)
All warfare is based on deception -- Sun Tzu
兵者,诡道也——孙子 始计第一(这句没的说,绝对是所有战略名言中最精辟了)
He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious -- Sun Tzu
知可以战与不可以战者胜——孙子 谋攻第三
Generally management of the many is the same as management of the few. It is a matter of organization -- Sun Tzu
凡治众如治寡,分数是也——孙子 兵势第五
In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power -- Sun Tzu
兵非贵益多也,惟无武进——孙子 行军第九
Great empires are not maintained by timidity -- Tacitus
伟大的帝国不是建立在胆怯上!——塔西陀(古罗马元老院议员,历史学家)
Even the bravest are frightened by sudden terrors -- Tacitus
即使是最勇敢的人也会被突然而至的恐怖所吓倒!——塔西佗
The proper arts of a general are judgement and prudence -- Tacitus
决断力与谨慎,是一个将军必备的才能!——塔西佗
A bad peace is even worse than war -- Tacitus
劣质的和平比战争更糟糕!——塔西佗
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise -- Tacitus
过于的安分守己,会磨灭既伟大又高贵的进取心!——塔西佗
Valour is the contempt of death and pain -- Tacitus
英勇,即是蔑视死亡和痛苦!——塔西佗
War is not so much a matter of weapons as of money -- Thucydides
战争中,金钱远比武器更重要。——修西得底斯(希腊历史学家,著有一部关于伯罗奔尼撒战争的批评史)
A collision at sea can ruin your entire day -- Thucydides
一桩海上冲突,会毁掉你一整天的时间-。——修西得底斯(这句话显然有历史局限性)
Valour is superior to numbers -- Vegetius
(战场上)英勇胜过数量——维吉休斯(古罗马军事思想家,写出西方最有军事影响力的巨作《罗马军制论》!同时,是他发明了“跳马”这个体操项目)
Qui desiderat pacem praeparet bellum / Let him who desires peace prepare for war -- Vegetius
你要和平,那就准备战争!——维吉休斯 (他最有名的一句话了)
An adversary is more hurt by desertion than by slaughter -- Vegetius
遗弃,将比屠杀更能刺痛你的敌手——维吉休斯
Bella, horida bella / Wars, horrid wars! -- Virgil
战争,恐怖的战争!——维吉尔(罗马诗人,著有伟大的史诗埃涅阿斯纪,讲述了埃涅阿斯在特洛伊陷落后的流浪经历)
Let all be present and expect the palm, the prize of victory -- Virgil
让一切成为礼品,并期待那作为胜利奖赏的棕榈叶吧!——维吉尔
When one side goes against the enemy with the gods' gift of stronger morale, then their adversaries, as a rule, cannot withstand them -- Xenophon
当一方的士气有如神助时,通常他们的敌手将无法抵挡——色诺芬(希腊将军,历史学家)
Hannibal knew how to gain a victory, but not how to use it -- Maharbal
汉尼拔懂得如何获取胜利,可却不懂的如何利用胜利。——玛哈巴尔(汉尼拔部下名将)
Few men are born brave; many become so through training and force of discipline -- Vegetius
真正的勇士不是天生的,而是用严格的训练和铁一般的纪律造就的
——魏及帝(Vegetius的《罗马军制论》(De re militari)是西方最古老的兵书、罗马军事的总结)
Veni, vidi, vici / I came, I saw, I conquered -- Gaius Julius Caesar
我来了,我看见了,我征服了--恺撒大帝
Men of Athens, there is not much time for exhortation, but to the brave a few words are as good as many -- Hippocrates
雅典人呀!已经没有多少时间发表演说了,对于真正的勇者,寥寥数语即可!——希波克拉底(希腊医师,医药之父)
War is the only proper school of the surgeon -- Hippocrates
战争是外科医生唯一真正的学校——希波克拉底(这句话让我不寒而栗)
A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong -- Mencius
小不胜大,少不胜多,弱不胜强——孟子
He serves me most, who serves his country best -- Homer
侍我最勤者,必是侍国最忠者。——荷马
The walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots -- Ezekiel, XXVI, 10
你的城垣将在骑兵、车轮和战车的嚣声中颤动。——《以西结书第二十六节第十行》
Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home -- Cicero
上兵伐谋——西塞罗
He serves me most, who serves his country best – Homer
为抱主公知遇之恩,敢不鞠躬尽瘁死而后已!——荷马
经典推荐:
“敌进我退,敌驻我扰,敌疲我打,敌退我追”--毛泽东的十六字诀。
我们爱我们的民族,这是我们自信心的源泉。 ——周恩来
我们是国家的主人,应该处处为国家着想。 ——雷 锋
一身报国有万死,
双鬓向人无再青。
——陆 游
这里有一些名人名言,进去看一下吧。