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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.
Law and equity are two things which God hath joined, but which man hath put asunder.
Law and equity are two things which God hath joined, but which man hath put asunder.
Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
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 cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
The law of heaven and earth is life for life.
The law of heaven and earth is life for life.
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.