You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.

-- Walter Bagehot 沃尔特·巴格霍特

你可以谈论尼禄和提比略的暴政;但真正的暴政是你隔壁邻居的暴政。

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The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.

尤其是人民的福祉一直是暴君的托辞，它还提供了进一步的好处，使暴政的仆从们有一个良好的良心。

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I used to dress up and impersonate our next-door neighbor, Miss Cox. She wore rubber boots, a wool hat, and her nose always dripped.

我过去常常乔装打扮模仿我们的邻居考克斯小姐。她穿着橡胶靴子，戴着羊毛帽子，鼻子总是滴着水。

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.

在专制的条件下，行动比思考容易得多。

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