Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

我们的房子是如此笨重的财产,以至于我们经常被囚禁而不是被他们所居住。

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It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.

显然,财产应该是私有的更好,但使用它是普遍的;立法者的特殊任务就是在人身上创造这种仁慈的性情。

Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked.

也许一个人要到很老的时候才能学会被逗乐而不是被震惊。

Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own.

一旦有人有了自己的想法,私有财产就开始了。

I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.

我宁愿被称为记者也不愿被称为艺术家。