《汉书·志·刑法志》
我哀痛那些死了的人不能复生，被行刑的人不能恢愎，即使以后想改正过错重新做人，也没有道路可走了。
妾伤夫死者不可复生，刑者不可复属，虽后欲改过自新，其道亡繇也。
I grieve that the dead cannot be brought back to life, and those who have been executed cannot recover. Even if they want to repent and start over, there is no way for them to do so.