The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men.

  • -- G. K. Chesterton 特顿

现在最危险的罪犯是完全无法无天的现代哲学家。与他相比,窃贼和重婚者本质上是道德高尚的人。

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Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.

每个社会都会受到应有的惩罚。同样真实的是,每个社区都得到了它所坚持的那种执法。

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

真诚怎么会是友谊的条件呢?不惜一切代价追求真理是一种不惜一切代价的激情。

There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another.

没有什么比一个哲学家或另一个哲学家所说的更奇怪、更难以置信的了。

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

最危险的是引诱我们在爱的美德上犯罪。

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

生活只不过是一场竞争,让我们成为罪犯,而不是受害者。

Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally dangerous.

人类的财产,在道德上总是不公平的,已经成为国家的危险。