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The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.
The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
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.
All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.
All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.
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.]
I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend read more
I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.
The law is above the law, you know.
The law is above the law, you know.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
