He had had to start thirty-two wars and had had to violate all of his pacts with death and wallow like a hogin the dungheap of glory in order to discover the privileges of simplicity almost forty years late.

他不得不发动三十二场战争，不得不违背他与死亡的所有契约，像一头猪一样在荣耀的粪堆中打滚，以便在将近四十年后发现简单的特权。