For many years past Julien had scarcely passed a single year of his life without reminding himself that Buonaparte, the obscure and penniless lieutenant, had made himself master of the whole world by the power of his sword.

在过去的许多年里， 于连一生中几乎没有一年不提醒自己波拿巴， 这位默默无闻、身无分文的中尉， 已经凭借他的剑的力量成为了整个世界的主人。