Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

法律太温和,很少有人遵守;太严厉,很少执行。

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Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those who suffer if they break them.

法律一般不为三种人所理解,即制定法律的人、执行法律的人以及违反法律的人。

It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.

重要的不是你的言语或行为是强硬还是温和;它是你的行动和言语背后的精神,宣布你的内在状态。

The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round.

无辜的人是如此之少,以至于他们中的两个人很少见面——当他们见面时,他们的受害者被撒得满地都是。

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

批评就像雨水,应该温柔地滋润一个人的成长,而不破坏他的根。

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。

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

只要人们认为我们能为他们服务,我们就很少发现人们忘恩负义。