When you're serious, any way to win will do, but mostly you could make a virtue of a necessity.

一旦你较真,你会为了胜利不择手段,但通常你会在之前进行道德的考虑

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It's basically just kind of an uncomely family battle royal, in which there were bloody settlings of scores.

基本上皇室家族内部 人们不择手段,数十载血雨腥风不断

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He said Southerners are "Proud, brave, honorable by its" The South is "Proud, brave, honorable by its lights, courteous, personally generous, loyal, swift to act, often too swift, but signally effective, sometimes terrible in its actions.

他写道南方,"因自豪勇敢而可敬",南方人,"因自豪勇敢而可敬,他们彬彬有礼,对人慷慨,他们忠诚,行动迅速,常常过于迅速,但他们效率显著,有时甚至不择手段

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