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’ve been told that since the beginning of civilization, millions and millions of laws have not improved on the Ten Commandments one bit.

我被告知,自从人类文明开始以来,数以百万计的法律对十诫一点也没有改进。

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.

礼仪是所有法律中最不重要的,但它却是最严格遵守的法律。

No one should ever compromise the dignity of another human being.

任何人都不应该损害他人的尊严。

Not all human souls but only the pious ones are divine.

不是所有的人的灵魂都是神圣的,只有虔诚的人才是神圣的。