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When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

  • -- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩

当人们放弃思考的特权时，自由的最后阴影就会离开地平线。

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Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.

人的心是偶像崇拜和迷信的仓库;甚至如果一个人相信他自己的思想，他一定会抛弃上帝，在自己的头脑中铸造一些偶像。

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Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion.

人是自由的;然而，我们不能认为他可以随心所欲地做任何事情，因为一旦他允许自己的行为受到激情的支配，他就会变成一个奴隶。

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I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.

我开始意识到，如果一个人有固定的工作时间，固定的薪水，很少有原创的想法去做，那么他的生活会变得多么简单。

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To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead.

要使别人进入我们的思维方式，我们必须先进入他们的思维方式;为了成为领导者，有必要跟随。

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Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

人生来就有两只眼睛，但只有一只舌头，为的是他们能看见的比他们所说的多一倍。

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I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

我不需要一个随我改变而改变，随我点头而点头的朋友;我的影子做得更好。

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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

无论我们站在什么地方，我们都会给什么东西投下阴影。

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The truth is that men are tired of liberty.

事实是人们厌倦了自由。

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