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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.
It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.
This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
…the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks read more
…the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks we write when our bank balance is zero…
Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will read more
Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will plead their clients' causes
hereafter, some of them in hell.
Law is a bottomless pit.
Law is a bottomless pit.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when read more
No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.
