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There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your hearts desire. The other is to get it. George Bernard Shaw		Sunday Aug 30, 2026
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False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it... The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

Cesare Bonesana Beccaria

Quote Author: Cesare Bonesana Beccaria

	Cesare Bonesana Beccaria
	(1738-1794) On Crimes and Punishment, 1764 - ITALIAN ECONOMIST & JURIST, professor of law & economy.

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False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it... The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.