Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

暴君很少是自由的;他们的忧虑和暴政的工具奴役了他们。

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A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

寡妇对情人的拒绝很少明确到排除希望的程度。

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

自由所到之处,让暴君畏惧。

The branch is seldom better than the stem.

树枝很少比茎好。

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

暴民是暴君之母。