Neither side would have a real incentive to start a war. Ergo, peace would reign.

双方都没有发动战争的真实动机。因此，和平将会到来。

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But this is a war, so what you're competing against, you don't want to think about because when you start thinking about the competition, you'll never be able to do it.

但是这是场战争，所以你并不想去考虑你要对抗的是什么，因为一旦当你开始思考这场竞争了，你就永做不到这样了。

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There's a striking moment at the start of Thucydides' "Peloponnesian War" when he surveys Greek history up to then. The striking part is, it only lasts a couple of pages.

当修昔底德在《伯罗奔尼撒战争》的开篇纵览直到那时为止的希腊历史时，有一个引人注目之处，即它仅仅花了一两页的篇幅。

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It is the story of Joseph Sutpen, who wants to start a famous Southern family after America's Civil War.

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They felt that now was not the time to start a civil war.

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Does he actually think that Mitt Romney does want to start a war?

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Neither the U.S. or South Korea are going to start a war.

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And the guy you just played a tape of there, he also told a passerby that we want to start a war in London.

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