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

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

法律太温和,很少有人遵守;太严厉,很少执行。

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It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

我们需要的不是光,而是火;这不是柔和的阵雨,而是雷声。我们需要风暴、旋风和地震。

It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them.

甚至有可能,没有其起源的法律可能是非理性的,我们永远无法成功地制定它们。

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

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。

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

我们很少真诚地赞扬别人,除了钦佩我们的人。

Culture makes all men gentle.

文化使人人温文尔雅。

Sorrow seldom comes alone.

悲伤很少独自降临。