We may add that frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or remissness on the part of the government. There is not a single ill-doer who co… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

In any case, frequent punishments are a sign of weakness or slackness in the government. There is no man so bad that he cannot be made good for something. No man should be put to death, even as an example, if he can be left to live without danger to society.

There is not a single ill-doer who could not be turned to some good. The State has no right to put to death, even for the sake of making an example, any one whom it can leave alive without danger.

ni acerca de un libro si es útil, sino si está bien escrito.

Renoncer à sa liberté c'est renoncer à sa qualité d'homme, aux droits de l'humanité, même à ses devoirs.

Love, known to the person by whom it is inspired, becomes more bearable.