This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

  • -- Juvenal 尤文

这是他头一次受这样的刑罚,就是凭自己的心断定,没有一个罪人是无罪的。

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Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over; but to have a sick heart for three-fourths of one's lifetime is simply to have death renewed every morning; and life at that price is not worth living.

人在一天之内生,一天之内死,事情很容易就过去了;但是,一个人一生中有四分之三的时间都有一颗病态的心,这无异于每天早晨都有新的死亡;这样的生活不值得过下去。

And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act, - at least in theory.

而死刑,无论多么无效,无论出于何种无知,至少在理论上,都是一种严格的防卫行为。

His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong.

他的心和世界一样伟大,但是里面容不下对错误的回忆。

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

对孩子来说,羞辱比殴打更合适,通常也更有效。