Quote#Death
I used to think that a man was sentenced to death or imprisonment…
Quote byLu Xun · 1881–1936
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Epigrams of Lusin", 13.
English (original)
I used to think that a man was sentenced to death or imprisonment because he was guilty; now I know that he is found guilty because he is disliked.
— Lu Xun
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