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第43章 法 律 Law

不懂法不能成为免罪的借口。

Ignorance of the law excuses no man / one.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse of breaking it.

不犯罪,不知罪。

Sins are not known till they are acted.

对贫富实施法律不一样。

One law for the rich, and another for the poor.

对罪犯仁慈,就是对人民残忍。

Mercy to the criminal may be cruelty to the people.

法不上要人,刑不上大夫。

Law catches flies, but lets hornets go free.

Law are like cobwebs(蜘蛛网), which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

法律如果不健全,统治就不会长久。

Wrong laws make short governance.

法律是个无底深渊。

Law is a bottomless pit.

法网恢恢,亦有疏漏。

Every law has a loophole(漏洞).

犯了一次罪就会犯另一次罪。

One sin opens the door for another.

犯罪使法律诞生,又受到法律的惩治。

The law grows of sin and chastises(严惩)it.

感情用事时,审判不会公正。

That trial is not fair where affection is the judge.

高价出售不为过,短斤少两才有罪。

It is no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill measure.

告诉你的律师全部案情,告诉你的医生全部病情。

Tell your whole case to your lawyer and your doctor.

公众是最好的法官。

The public is the best judge.

The public are the best judges.

好律师不是好邻居。

A good lawyer, an evil neighbor.

好律师是说大谎者。

A good lawyer is a great liar.

悔罪很好,无罪更佳。

Repentance is good but innocence is better.

棘手的案件促使法律日臻完善。

Hard cases make good law.

棘手的案件使得法律无能为力。

Hard cases make bad law.

宽恕坏人就是伤害好人。

Pardoning the bad is injuring the good.

立法者不该违法。

Law makers should not be law breakers.

They that make laws must not break them.

两个律师之间的农夫,就像两只猫之间的鱼,任意宰割。

The country man between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.

两个律师住一城,一个律师难生存。

Two attorneys(初级律师)can live in a town when one cannot.

律师的房子建筑在傻瓜头上。

Lawyer’s houses are built on the heads of fools.

任何法律都有漏洞可钻。

You may rice a coach and four through an Act of Parliament.

疏忽就是犯罪。

Negligence is a crime.

双方都应当公正才是。

Fair’s fair.

诉讼消耗时间、金钱、休息和朋友,几无宁日。

Lawsuits consume time, and money, and rest, and friends.

天网恢恢,疏而不漏。

God stays long, but strikes at last.

God’s mill grinds slow but sure.

God’s mill goes slowly, but it grinds well.

The mills of God grind slowly.

Heaven’s vengeance is slow but sure.

Justice has long arms.

Mills of God grind slowly but sure.

The mills of God grind slowly.

Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceedingly small.

窝赃者和盗贼一样坏。

The concealer is as bad as the thief.

The receiver is as bad as the thief.

小人物也应有平等权利。

A cat may look at a king.

需要面前无法律。铤而走险。

Necessity / Need has / knows no law.

衙门八字开,有理无钱莫进来。

The reasons of the poor weigh not.

一罪不可两治。

Never hang a man twice for one offence.

在众多律师中,会有安全感。

In the multitude of counselors there is safety.

占有者在诉讼中处于优势。

Possession is nine points of the law.

Possession is nine-tenths of the law.

朝令夕改。

The law is not the same at morning and at night.

真相大白。水落石出。

The murder is out.

正直的法官,重法不重人。

An upright judge has more regard to justice than to men.

证据胜于雄辩。

Proof is better than argument.

重罚邪恶。把石碑挂在他脖子上,扔进海里淹死。

Milestone were hanged about his neck.(圣经)

自由过度,会堕落为无法无天。

Liberty often degenerates(堕落)into lawlessness.

自由就是做法律许可做的事情。

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by law.

罪愈大刑愈重。

Greater the crime, higher the gallows(绞刑架).

The greater the crime, the higher the gallows.