You May Also Like / View all maxioms
 Justice does not descend from its pinnacle.
 [It., Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla.]  
 Justice does not descend from its pinnacle.
 [It., Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla.] 
 Amongst the sons of men how few are known
 Who dare be just to merit not their own.  
 Amongst the sons of men how few are known
 Who dare be just to merit not their own. 
To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.
To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take read more
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.
Justice is the truth in action.
Justice is the truth in action.
 It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary 
ideas of criminal justice to this read more 
 It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary 
ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not 
know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole 
people. 
Justice is truth in action.
Justice is truth in action.
 The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more 
and more unto the perfect day.  
 The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more 
and more unto the perfect day.