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The more laws, the less justice.
The more laws, the less justice.
The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to
submit to the laws when they see read more
The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to
submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor.
[Lat., Observantior aequi
Fit populus, nec ferre negat, cum viderit ipsum
Auctorem parere sibi.]
Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.
Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.
Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, read more
Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave
God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance,
Rests never on the track until it reach
Delinquency.
God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance,
Rests never on the track until it reach
Delinquency.
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.
Sir, I say that justice is truth in action
Sir, I say that justice is truth in action
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.]
The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong;
then, that the public good be promoted.
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The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong;
then, that the public good be promoted.
[Lat., Fundamenta justitiae sunt, ut ne cui noceatur, deinde ut
communi utilitati serviatur.]
