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Law is a bottomless pit.
Law is a bottomless pit.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty.
The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty.
Arms and laws do not flourish together.
Arms and laws do not flourish together.
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.
It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
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.
The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.
The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.
