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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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Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous.

专制随着暴君数量的增加而加剧;责任更加分散，要求赔偿的人也更多。

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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free.

在这个世界上，你只能通过保护他人的自由来保护自己的自由。你只有在我有空的时候才能有空。

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You see, the poverty program for the last five years have been buy-off programs.

你看，过去五年的扶贫项目都是买断项目。

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On their way to freedom, some people find riches, some people find death.

在通往自由的路上，有些人找到了财富，有些人找到了死亡。

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There's so much absurdity. Poverty is so absurd.

有那么多荒谬。贫穷是如此荒谬。

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