Without the big laws
there won't be lawlessness, but --
there will be small laws.
Zonder de grote	Große Gesetze,
wetten: geen wetteloosheid --	oder kleine, aber nie --
maar kleine wetten.	Gesetzlosigkeit.

Poem S2432
Amsterdam, 2024-10-24
Daily News, July 29th, 1905 (Gilbert Chesterton) - 1905
Gilbert Chesterton: 'When you break the big laws, you do not get liberty, you do not even get anarchy. You get the small laws.'
Collection: Known
Keyword: Ethics: laws 
Tribute to: Chesterton, Gilbert 

After the big laws,
morality, come small ones:
the rules of conduct.
Na grote wetten,	Nach der Moral, den
de moraal, komen kleine:	großen Gesetzen, kommen --
de gedragsregels.	kleine Gesetze.

Poem S2431
Amsterdam, 2024-10-24
Daily News, July 29th, 1905 (Gilbert Chesterton) - 1905
Gilbert Chesterton: 'When you break the big laws, you do not get liberty, you do not even get anarchy. You get the small laws.'
Collection: Known
Keyword: Ethics: laws 
Tribute to: Chesterton, Gilbert