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For if you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners to be corrupted from their infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded from this, but that you first make thieves and then punish them.

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Sir Thomas More, Utopia, Book 1

English author, courtier, humanist, & saint (1478 - 1535)

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porque si permites que tu pueblo sea mal educado y sus modales corrompidos desde la infancia, y luego los castigas por aquellos delitos a los que su primera educación los dispuso, ¿qué más se puede concluir de esto, sino que tú primero hacer ladrones y luego castigarlos.

car si vous faites en sorte que votre peuple soit mal éduqué et que ses mœurs soient corrompues dès son enfance, et que vous les punissiez ensuite pour les crimes auxquels sa première éducation les disposait, quoi d'autre doit être conclu, à moins que vous ne le fassiez faire des voleurs et ensuite les punir.

For hvis du lar folket ditt bli dårlig utdannet, og deres væremåte å bli ødelagt fra barndommen, og deretter straffe dem for de forbrytelser som deres første utdanning disponerte dem til, hva skal ellers konkluderes med dette, men at du først lag tyver og straff dem.

ty om du låter ditt folk bli dåligt utbildat och deras uppförande korrumperas från deras späda barndom, och sedan straffar dem för de brott som deras första utbildning försatte dem till, vad ska man annars dra slutsatsen av detta, men att du först göra tjuvar och sedan straffa dem.

因为如果你让你的人民受到不良教育,让他们的举止从他们的幼年时期就开始败坏,然后惩罚他们最初受教育导致他们犯下的那些罪行,那么从这里还能得出什么结论,除了你首先造贼而后惩之。

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