I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.

  • -- Joan Didion 琼·狄迪恩

我想,除非死者在这片土地上,否则没有人拥有这片土地。

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Neither can men, by the same principles, be considered as lands, goods, or houses, among possessions. It is necessary that all property should be inferiour to its possessor. But how does the slave differ from his master, but by chance?

根据同样的原则,人也不能被看作是财产中的土地、货物或房屋。所有的财产都应低于其拥有者是必要的。但是奴隶和主人有什么不同呢?

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty.

我喜欢在装饰世界的美丽事物中漫步;但是私人财产,或者任何个人财产,我都会减少,因为它们会夺走我的自由。