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Quote by Wen Tianxiang
國亡不能救，為人臣者，死有餘罪，況敢逃其死而貳其心乎
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The speaker accepts complete responsibility for failing to save the state. He says that even dying would not be enough to atone for that guilt, so escaping death would be shameful. “Divided loyalties” means turning away from the state or serving another interest. The passage presents death as preferable to abandoning one’s duty as a subject.
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“笑いってなんなんだろうということは死ぬまで解決しないんだろうけど、そうやって死ぬまでお笑いに携わっていきたいなと思っています。”
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“My greatest dream for example was to die at liberty, so that they’d bury me without a number in the head.”
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“Muzika je uvek bila prvi korak u ljubavi među ljudima i svi je zbog toga volimo.”
“Never in human history have so many died for so little reason.”
“Quero ensinar aos que padecem como é que se pode esperar com serenidade o desenlace da morte.”
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