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

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

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。

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Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those who suffer if they break them.

法律一般不为三种人所理解,即制定法律的人、执行法律的人以及违反法律的人。

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

法律太温和,很少有人遵守;太严厉,很少执行。

God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

上帝赐给人类的最宝贵的礼物是正直的心。