Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.

-- John Ruskin 约翰·罗斯金

惩罚是立法者手中预防犯罪的最后和最不有效的工具。

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If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

如果你一旦丧失了同胞们的信任，你就永远无法重新获得他们的尊重和尊重。的确，有时候你可能会愚弄所有的人;你甚至可以一直愚弄一些人;但是你不可能一直愚弄所有的人。

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I know of no safe repository of the ultimate power of society but people. And if we think them not enlightened enough, the remedy is not to take the power from them, but to inform them by education.

除了人，我不知道还有什么能安全储存社会的终极力量。如果我们认为他们不够开明，补救措施不是剥夺他们的权力，而是通过教育来告知他们。

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Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.

战争期间人人都是和平主义者。就像在两餐之间吃素一样。

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An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.

以眼还眼会使整个世界失明。

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