History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.

  • -- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton 阿克顿

历史既不提供对苦难的补偿,也不提供对错误的惩罚。

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It is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is backed by the kind of force that will make the other side consider the penalties too heavy to break the agreement.

它不值得写在纸上,除非它得到某种力量的支持,这种力量会让另一方认为惩罚太重,无法破坏协议。

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

遗忘——上帝赐给债务国的礼物,以补偿他们良心的贫乏。