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To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.
To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.
God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.
God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.
In cross-examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch.
In cross-examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch.
It took man thousands of years to put words down on paper, and his lawyers still wish he wouldn't.
It took man thousands of years to put words down on paper, and his lawyers still wish he wouldn't.
And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, Depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, Depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.
If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.
A good lawyer is a bad neighbor.
A good lawyer is a bad neighbor.
Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business anywhere else.
Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business anywhere else.