All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

恰当地说,所有人类的法律都只是宣告性的;他们对原始正义的实质没有权力。

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I think that the 'laws of nature' are also prone to evolve; I think they are more like habits than laws.

我认为“自然法则”也容易进化;我认为它们更像是习惯而不是法律。

If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.

如果你违反了自然法则,你就是你自己的检察官、法官、陪审团和刽子手。

Communal well-being is central to human life.

公共福利是人类生活的核心。

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

艺术是如此博大,人类的智慧是如此狭隘。