法律英语名言(1).docx

法律英语名言 英文 中文 a sage punishes not because a crime has been committed ， but rather t o prevent its being committed;because the past cannot be revoked ， bu t the future is being forestalled. (Lat. nemo prudens punit quia peccatum est ， sed ne peccetur;reuocari enim praeterita non possunt ， futura prohibentur) ...Plato 智者非因犯罪已然发生才去惩罚，实乃为了防止犯罪而施刑责；其原因在 于，过去无法逆转，而未来那么可以预防。 ——柏拉图 The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experien ce for the benefit of the public. ...Samuel Johnson 法律是人类为公众利益所作实践中探索出的人类智慧最终结晶。 ——塞缪尔 ·约翰逊 In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics. ...Earl Warren 在文明的生活中，法律漂浮在道德的海洋上。 ——厄尔 ·沃伦 The law seems like a sort of maze through which a client must be led to safety, a collection of reefs, rocks and underwater hazards through whic h he or she must be piloted. ...John Mortimer 法律看起来就象某种迷宫委托人要想通过，肯定需要他人引导其通过种种 暗礁。 ——约翰 ·莫蒂默 The verdict acquits the raven, but condemns the dove. [Lat., Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas.] ...Juvenal 裁决认定掠夺者无罪，而给主张和平的人判刑。 ——尤维纳利斯 The law often allows what honor forbids. [Fr., La loi permet souvent ce que defend lhonneur.] ...Bernard Joseph Saurin 法律允许的而道义上常常禁止。 ——伯纳德 ·约瑟 ·莎伦 Unnecessary laws are but traps for money. ...Hobbes 无用的法律不过是捞钱的陷阱。 ——霍布斯 Arms and laws do not flourish together. ...Julius Caesar 武力与法律不能同时兴盛。 ——尤利乌斯 ·凯撒 It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted. [Lat., Hominem improbum non accusari tutius est quam absolvi.] ...Titus Livy 不指控坏人较宣告他无罪更稳妥。 ——泰特斯 ·李维 The prince is not above the laws, but the laws above the prince. [Lat., Non est priceps super leges, sed leges supra principem.] ...Pliny the Younger 不是君主高于法律，而是法律高于君主。 ——小普林尼 The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice. [Lat., Jus summum saepe summa est malitia.] ...Terence 最严厉的法律有时会变成最大的不公平。 ——泰伦斯 The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice. [Lat., Jus summum saepe summa est malitia.] ...Terence 最严厉的法律有时会变成最大的不公平。 ——泰伦斯 The judge