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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
Nothing is to be preferred before justice.
Nothing is to be preferred before justice.
The foundation of justice is good faith.
The foundation of justice is good faith.
Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought,
therefore, for her own sake.
[Lat., Justitia read more
Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought,
therefore, for her own sake.
[Lat., Justitia nihil exprimit praemii, nihil pretii: per se
igitur expetitur.]
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive
according to desert.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive
according to desert.
Justice is truth in action.
Justice is truth in action.
Justice does not descend from its pinnacle.
[It., Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla.]
Justice does not descend from its pinnacle.
[It., Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla.]
Amongst the sons of men how few are known
Who dare be just to merit not their own.
Amongst the sons of men how few are known
Who dare be just to merit not their own.
If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.
If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.
