I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.

我敢说，战争不可能长期违背人民的意愿进行.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

单纯的简约不是经济. 费用和巨额费用可能是真实经济中必不可少的部分.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

宗教迫害可能以错误和过分虔诚的幌子掩饰自己.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

通过堤，哪怕一只老鼠也可能淹没一个国家.

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.

律师告诉我我可能不会这样做. 但是人性，理性和正义告诉我我该怎么做.

Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.

放荡面对无限可能是一种绝望的举动.

But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages.

但是，由于教皇的手臂很长，可能会在法国到达我身边，所以我已经不去理会告诉他这些页面所载的简单事实了.

I had wanted to place the Eye-in-the-Sea at an oasis on the bottom of the ocean, in some site rich with life that was likely to be patrolled by large predators. The first time I got to test the camera at such a place was in 2004, in the north end of the Gulf of Mexico, at an amazing location called the brine pool.

我本来想将“海中之眼”放在海洋底部的一个绿洲上，那里是一个生活丰富，很可能被大型掠食者巡逻的地方. 我第一次在这样的地方测试相机是在2004年，在墨西哥湾的北端，一个令人惊叹的位置，称为盐水池.

If you're going to be unreligious, it's likely going to be due to reflecting on it and finding some things that are hard to believe.

如果您不信宗教，那可能是由于对其进行反思并发现一些难以置信的事情.

Organizations may be better able to tame optimism than individuals are.

组织可能比个人更能驯服乐观主义.

Writing can be really lonely, and I find that bit difficult. I'd rather be around my people, getting ideas.

写作可能真的很孤独，我觉得有点困难. 我宁愿在我的人周围，得到想法.

Employers who violate rules of fairness are punished by reduced productivity, and merchants who follow unfair pricing policies can expect to lose sales.

违反公平规则的雇主将受到生产率降低的惩罚，而遵循不公平定价政策的商人可能会损失销售.