It's never easy to step back and pay off your debts, but it is often the right course.

还债永远都不是一件轻松的事，但往往是正确的选择。

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As we all know, that blessed tomorrow where we have time to take a step back absolutely never comes.

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That was never in doubt, but the Allies hoped the stand against Germany's naked aggression would persuade Hitler to step back from the brink of all-out war, a motive that was neither base nor ridiculous.

ECONOMIST: The second world war