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.
出自先秦《荀子·哀公》。鸟被逼得走投无路之时就会用嘴啄人,兽到困窘之时就会用爪抓人,人到穷困潦倒之时就会设计骗人。以鸟兽困窘之时的行为为喻,说明人到穷困潦倒之时便会放弃道德操守的原因。
The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.