法律英语格言.doc

1Every law has no atom of strength, as far as no public opinion supports it. 若是没有公众舆论的支持，法律是丝毫没有力量的。（Wendell Phillips, American leader against slavery 美国废奴运动领袖 菲力普斯 W）2Good order is the foundation of all things.良好的秩序是一切的基础。（EBurke, British statesman 英国政治家 伯克 E）3Guilt always hurries towards its complement , punishment; only there does its satisfaction liE犯罪总是以惩罚相补偿；只有处罚才能使犯罪得到偿还。（Lawence Durrell, British writer 英国作家 达雷尔 L）4I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.我不同意你说的话，但是我愿意誓死捍卫你说话的权利。（Voltaire, French writer 法国作家 伏尔泰）5If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.倘若世上没有坏人，也就不会有好的律师。（Charles Dickens, British novelist 英国小说家 狄更斯 C）1If we only had some God in the countrys laws, instead of being in such a sweat to get him into the Constitution, it would be better all arounD 如果我们国家的法律中只有某种神灵，而不是殚精竭虑将神灵揉进宪法，总体上来说，法律就会更好。（Mark Twain, American writer 美国作家 马克吐温)2In nature there are no rewards or punishments; there are consequences.自然界中没有奖赏和惩罚，只有因果报应。（Horacl Annexley Vachell, British writer 英国作家 瓦谢尔 H A）3It is better to fight for justice than to rail at the ill.与其责骂罪恶，不如伸张正义。（Alfreds Tennyson, British writer 英国作家 丁尼生 A）4Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in .（ William Shensto, British poet）人们通常会发现，法律就是这样一种的网，触犯法律的人，小的可以穿网而过，大的可以破网而出，只有中等的才会坠入网中。（英国诗人： 申斯通）5Law can never be enforced unless fear supports it.（Sophocles, Ancient Greek dramatist）如果法律没有恐惧支撑，它绝不能生效。（古希腊剧作家 索福克勒斯）1Law is the crystallization of the habit and thought of society.（Woodrow Wilson, American president） 法律是社会习俗和思想的结晶。（美国总统：威尔逊 ）2Law is order , and good law is good order.（Aristotle, Ancient Greek philosopher）法律就是秩序，有好的法律才有好的秩序。（古希腊哲学家 亚里士多德）3Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.（Oliver Goldsmith, British writer）法律吸吮穷人的膏血，而富人却掌握着权柄。（英国作家 哥尔德斯密斯 ）4Mankind censure injustice, fearing that they may be the victims of it and not because they shrink from committing it.（Plato, Ancient Greek philosopher）人类对于不公正的行为加以指责，并非因为他们愿意做出这种行为，而是惟恐自己会成为这种行为的牺牲者。（古希腊哲学家 柏拉图）5No society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law.（Thomas Jefferson, America president）没有哪个社会可以制订一部永远适用的宪法，甚至一条永远适用的法律。（美国总统 杰斐逊）1One of the most striking and salutary thing in American life is the widespread study of law.（Alexis de Tocqueville ,French judge） 美国人生活中最显著而又有益的事情莫过于对法律的广泛研究了。（法国法官 托克维尔 ）2Punishment is justice for the unjust.（Augustine British writer）惩罚是对正义 的伸张。（英国 奥古斯丁）3Really, what we want now, is not laws, against crime, but a law against insanity.（Mark Twain, American writer）实际上，我们想要的不是针对犯罪的法律，而是针对疯狂的法律。（美国作家 马克吐温）4Singularity is almost invariably a cluE The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult is it to bring it homE（Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer）奇特几乎总能提供一种线索。一种犯罪越是普通，越是不具特点，就越难以查明。（英国作家 柯南道尔爵士）5The administration of the law can never go lax where every individual sees to it that it grows not lax in his own case, or in cases which fall under his eyes.（Mark Twain, American writer）在个人自己的案件中或是他所看到的案件中不能有疏忽，因此执法从来不能疏忽。（美国作家 马克吐温）1.The law cannot make all men equal, but they are all equal before the law.（Frederick Pollck, British jurist） 法律不能使人人平等，但是在法律面前人人是平等的。（英国法学家 波洛克）2.The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them , since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them.（Mark Twain, American writer）自然法即神灵法，只是用来约束每一个个体的法律，我们必须坚定地拒绝遵守。我们应该坚定地遵守忽视神灵法的规章制度，因为规章制度赋予我们和平、比较好的政府和稳定，因而对我们来说，规章制度比神灵法更好，因为如果我们采用神灵法的话，他会将我们陷入迷惑、无序和无政府状态。（美国作家 马克吐温）3.a sage punishes not because a crime has been committed， but rather to prevent its being committed;because the past cannot be revoked， but 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，而未来则可以预防。（柏拉图）4.The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience 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）5.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1.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 which 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）2.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）3.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）4.Unnecessary laws are but traps for money.（Hobbes）无用的法律不过是捞钱的陷阱。（霍布斯）5.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）1.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）2.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）3.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）4.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）5.The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.（Publilius Syrus）如果犯罪之人被判无罪，法官应该判刑。（普布里利亚斯西拉斯）1.He who decides a case without hearing the other sidE though he decide justly， cannot be considered just.Lat.， Qui statuit aliquiD parte inaudita alterA Aequum licet statuerit， haud aequus fuerit.Lucius Annaeus Seneca偏听一方而对案件作出判决不可能公正，虽然他自认为很公正。卢西乌斯阿纽斯塞内加2.I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an whole peoplE.Edmund Burke我不知道如何起草控告所有人的方法。埃德蒙伯克3.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4.No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.Carrie Chapman Catt由民众意见支持的不成文习惯法比成文法更具约束力。卡丽查普曼凯特5.Law is mind without reason.Aristotle法律是无由的理念。亚里斯多德1.Necessity has no law.William Langland“必要”不受制于法。威廉朗格兰2.Let us consider the reason of the casE For nothing is law that is not reason.Sir John Powell让我们来搜寻本案的理由，因为没有理由不成其为法律。约翰鲍威尔爵士3.I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.Ulysses S. Grant我知道取缔有害或讨厌的法律最有效的方法是严厉地去执行它。尤利塞斯S格兰特4.At least in the law of the junglE youve survival of the fittest. In Congress， youve just got survival. Robert W. Packwood至少在法律丛林中，适者生存。在国会中，你得生存。罗伯特W帕克伍德5.He found law dear and left it cheap.Ulysses S. Grant他对法律一见钟情，随即又见异思迁。尤利西斯辛格兰特1.There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.Sophocles公平与不公平仅一线之隔。萨福克里斯2.The law exists to protect us all， whether we are union members， union leaders，employers or merely long-suffering members of the publiC We cannot do without it. But the law is not a one-way street. Part goes our way， part goes against us. We have either to accept it all or else to opt bor anarchy.Sir John Donaldson法律保护我们所有人，不管你是工会成员、工会领导人、职员还是长期受苦的公众成员。没有法律我们一事无成。但是法律不是一条单行道，有些是我们的方向，而有些与我们反向。我们要么全部接受，要么选择无政府状态。约翰唐纳森爵士3.There is nothing more difficult to arrangE more doubtful of success， and more dangerous to carry through than initiating change in a States constitution. The innovator makes enemies of all those who prospered under the old order， and only lukewarm support is forthcoming from those who could prosper under the new.Their support is lukewarm partly from fear of their adversaries， who have the existing law on their sidE and partly because men are generally incredulous， never really trusting.没有比开始改革一个国家的宪法在安排上更困难，在成功方面更不确定，在实施方面更危险。改革者要得罪所有在旧规则下获益的人；而只是冷淡的支持者是那些从即将实施的新规则下获益的人。这些人不热心支持一方面是因为出于对那些站在现行法律一边的敌手的畏惧；另一方面因为通常不轻信新事物，除非它们已经过实践检验。结果，改革随时遭反对变革者剧烈地攻击，而其他支持者又只是冷淡的。因此，改革者及友人都濒临灭绝。马基雅弗利4.The question is， not what may be supposed to have been intendeD but what has been saiD Lord Halsbury问题不是推定的意图，而是曾经说过什么。赫斯布里勋爵5.It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.Cornelius Tacitus经验告诉我们绝妙的法律及正确的先例来源于他人的犯罪基础上的。科尼利厄斯塔西佗6.People say Ive had brushes with the law. Thats not truE Ive had brushes with overzealous prosecutors.Mark Duffy人们说我与法律有过冲突，其实是不准确的。我只是同那些过分热心的检举人有过冲突。马克达菲7.There can be no really pervasive system of oppression . . . without the consent of the oppresseDFlorynce R. Kennedy）没有被压迫者的同意，就不会有真正的压迫制度。弗洛里恩斯R肯尼迪Time flies. 光阴似箭. Time is life. 时间就是生命. Times change. 时代在改变. Time is money. 时间就是金钱. Life is sweet. 人生是美好的. Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的. Extremes meet. 两极相通，有无相生。 Like knows like 人识其类。 Let well alone. 不要画蛇添足. /事已成功,不必多弄. Marry thy like. 结婚须找同类人. One man,no man. 个人是渺小的. Hsitory is bunk. 历史是一堆废话。 Time marches on. 岁月如流 Murder will out. 恶行终会败露。 Never say die. 永远不要说 完了. Care is no cure. 忧虑治不了病。 Beware beginning. 慎始为上。 Deeds, not words. 行动胜于空谈. No mill, no meal. 不磨面,没饭吃. Like begets like. 龙生龙，凤生凤。 Love begets love. 爱爱相生. In doing we learn. 我们在干中学习. No cross,no crown. 未经苦难,得不到荣冠. Care killed a cat. 忧虑能杀人。 Boys will be boys. 男孩子总是男孩子. No song, no supper. 不出力,不得食. The truth will out. 真相总会大白. Time works wonders. 时间能创造奇迹. To think is to see. 思考就是明白. Truth will prevail. 真理必胜 A lie begets a lie. 谎言生谎言。 Years bring wisdom. 年岁带来智慧. In love is no lack. 爱情不会感到缺乏. Easy come, easy go. 来得容易去得 . /悖入悖出. Every little helps. 点滴都有用. Forgive and forget. 恢弘大度，勿念旧恶。 Manners maketh man. 举止造人品. Laugh and grow fat. 心宽体胖 。 Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量. Let the world slide. 人世沧桑,听其自然. Love me,love my dog. 爱屋及乌. Life means struggle. 生活就是斗争. Fair plays a jewel. 比赛风格好,胜过珠宝. Early sow,early mow. 种得早,收得早. Grasp all, lose all. 贪多必失. Whats lost is lost. 失者不可复得。 Waste not, want not. 不浪费,不会穷. Tomorrow never comes. 切莫依赖明天. / 我生待明日,万事成蹉跎. No man is infallible. 没有人不犯错误。 Alms never make poor. 施舍穷不了人. Love will find a way. 爱心所至,金石为开. Manners make the man. 举止见人品。 Patience is a virtue. 忍耐是一种美德. Pity is akin to love. 怜悯生爱. Call a spade a spade. 是啥说啥，难听不怕。 Delays are dangerous. 因循出危险. Diamond cuts diamond. 强中自有强中手. Counsel is no command. 劝告不是命令. Poverty tries friends. 贫穷考验朋友. Once bitten,twice shy. 吃一次亏,学一次乖. Pain past is pleasure. 痛苦过去即欢乐. Leal heart lied never. 心诚无谎言。 Hot love is soon cold. 过热的爱情冷得快. As good lost as found. 有得必有失. /得失同喜. Every dog has his day. 瓦块也有翻身日，人人都有运来时