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 first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.

第一次反抗是反对神学的最高暴政，反对上帝的幻影。只要我们在天上有一个主人，我们在地上就会是奴隶。

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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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Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

普遍地启发人民，身体和精神的暴政和压迫就会像邪恶的幽灵一样在黎明时分消失。

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