Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.

Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.

人们从一个野心上升到另一个野心:首先，他们寻求保护自己不受攻击，然后他们攻击别人。

-- Niccolò Machiavelli 尼科尔·马基雅维利