To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.

  • -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton 伊丽莎白·凯迪·斯坦顿

制定人们不能也不愿遵守的法律,只会使所有的法律受到蔑视。

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All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.

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。

He who obeys God's laws finds him a father. He who disobeys them, finds him a judge.

遵守神律法的,就寻得父。不听从他们的,就寻得审判官。

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.

一个人没有什么办法不去逃避思考的劳动。

Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.

生活就像讲了两遍的故事一样乏味,使昏昏欲睡的人的迟钝的耳朵感到烦恼。