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I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.
I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will like them only
entangle and hold the poor and weak, while read more
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will like them only
entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful
will easily break through them.
The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.
The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.
Where law ends, tyranny begins.
Where law ends, tyranny begins.
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not
tremble.
[It., Ove son leggi,
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Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not
tremble.
[It., Ove son leggi,
Tremar non dee chi leggi non infranse.]
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
