The law often allows what honor forbids.

  • -- Bernard Joseph Saurin 伯纳德·约瑟夫·索林

法律允许而荣誉禁止。

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There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors... But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity.

有些人有一种快乐的性情,一种强烈的荣誉感和自尊感,他们对正义和美德的热爱与一般人对财富和荣誉的热爱是一样的……但这些人的数目是如此之少,我提到他们只是为了向人类表示敬意。

No Child Left Behind's fourth-grade gains aren't learning gains, they're testing gains. That's why they don't last. The law is a distraction from things that really count.

“不让一个孩子掉队”四年级的成绩不是学习成绩,而是测试成绩。这就是它们不能持久的原因。法律分散了人们对真正重要的事情的注意力。

If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor.

如果我们注定要死,我们就足以使我们的国家蒙受损失;活着的人越少,获得的荣誉就越多。

I don't want to pass a punitive law, or use politics as a vendetta.

我不想通过惩罚性的法律,也不想利用政治作为报复。

I'm a lawmaker, but I really don't like laws.

我是立法者,但我真的不喜欢法律。

Law is not suggestion, it is force.

法律不是暗示,而是力量。