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I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.
I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.
Men would be great criminals did they need as many laws as they break.
Men would be great criminals did they need as many laws as they break.
Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.
Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.
The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.
The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.
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 law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.
The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.
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.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
