Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.

-- John Ruskin 约翰·罗斯金

惩罚是立法者手中预防犯罪的最后和最不有效的工具。

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Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.

复仇……就像一块滚动的石头，当一个人被迫上山时，它会以更大的力量返回到他身上，并折断那些肌肉使它运动的骨头。

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If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.

如果我死得很惨，就像有些人害怕的那样，也有一些人在密谋，我知道凶手的思想和行动中会有暴行，而不是我的死亡。

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The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.

把我们从官僚主义中拯救出来的唯一办法就是效率低下。一个有效率的官僚机构是对自由的最大威胁。

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You don't pay taxes - they take taxes.

你不交税，他们收税。

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