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.

  • -- Aristotle 亚里士多德

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。

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Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.

财产不是神圣的权利。富人变穷是一种不幸,而不是道德上的罪恶。当一个穷人变得贫困,这是一种道德上的罪恶,充满了后果,有害于社会和道德。

A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid.

自由文化不是没有财产的文化;这不是一种艺术家没有报酬的文化。

I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.

我是个注重隐私的人。我害怕别人知道事情。