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Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.

  • -- Edward Gibbon 爱德华·吉本

他们的贫困保障了他们的自由，因为我们的欲望和财产是专制制度最强大的枷锁。

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Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.

渺小的人需要专制来锻炼他们的肌肉，正如伟大的灵魂渴望平等来发挥他们的心灵。

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Someone that you have deprived of everything is no longer in your power. He is once again entirely free.

被你剥夺了一切的人不再在你的掌控之中。他又一次完全自由了。

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The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.

对老年的恐惧最常见的原因与贫穷的可能性有关。

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I want freedom and I realize that the only way to get it is to quit breaking the law.

我想要自由，我意识到获得自由的唯一方法就是停止违法。

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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.

专制越彻底，一切事物在表面上就越顺畅。

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Virtue often trips and falls on the sharp-edges rock of poverty.

美德常在贫穷的磐石上跌倒。

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