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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Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

只有勇敢的人才懂得宽恕;这是人性所能达到的最优雅、最慷慨的美德境界。

The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.

大多数人的最大幸福是道德和立法的基础。

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.

人道主义就是决不为某种目的而牺牲一个人。

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

事实上,奇迹并不违反自然法则。