Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.

  • -- Cyril Connolly 西里尔·康诺利

贫民窟可能是犯罪的温床,但是中产阶级的郊区是冷漠和精神错乱的温床。

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For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.

几个世纪以来,死刑常常伴随着野蛮的改良,一直试图遏制犯罪;然而,犯罪依然存在。为什么?因为人的本能在交战,并不像法律所宣称的那样,是处于平衡状态的恒常力量。

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

采取一种方法并加以尝试是常识。如果失败了,坦率地承认,再试一次。但最重要的是,尝试一些事情。

If, at the limit, you can rule without crime, you cannot do so without injustices.

如果在极限状态下,你能在没有犯罪的情况下执政,你就不能在没有不公正的情况下执政。

If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.

如果适度是一种错误,那么漠不关心就是一种犯罪。