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I pleaded your cause, Sextus, having agreed to do so for two
thousand sesterces. How is it that you read more

I pleaded your cause, Sextus, having agreed to do so for two
thousand sesterces. How is it that you have sent me only a
thousand? "You said nothing," you tell me; "and this cause was
lost through you." You ought to give me so much the more,
Sextus, as I had to blush for you.

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So wise, so grave, of so perplex'd a tongue,
And loud withal, that would not wag, not scarce
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So wise, so grave, of so perplex'd a tongue,
And loud withal, that would not wag, not scarce
Lie still without a fee.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Judges Quotes,
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A justice with grave justices shall sit;
He praise their wisdom, they admire his wit.

A justice with grave justices shall sit;
He praise their wisdom, they admire his wit.

by John Gay Found in: Judges Quotes,
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If you judge, investigate; if you reign, command.
[Lat., Si judicas, cognosce; si regnas, jube.]

If you judge, investigate; if you reign, command.
[Lat., Si judicas, cognosce; si regnas, jube.]

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O, let her brother live:
Thieves for the robbery have authority
When judges steal themselves.

O, let her brother live:
Thieves for the robbery have authority
When judges steal themselves.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Judges Quotes,
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Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and
Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of read more

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and
Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Judges Quotes,
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The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Judges Quotes,
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A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay
it: even those judges who know read more

A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay
it: even those judges who know their duty adhere to the general
practice.
[Fr., Le devoir des juges est de rendre justice, leur metier est
de la differer; quelques uns savent leur devoir, et font leur
metier.]

by Jean De La Bruyere Found in: Judges Quotes,
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The acme of judicial distinction means the ability to look a
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The acme of judicial distinction means the ability to look a
lawyer straight in the eyes for two hours and not to hear a
damned word he says.

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