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Monthly Archives: February 2012
“Law is the harmony of the world.” – Richard Hooker, 16th Century English theologian.
“Lawyers I suppose were children once.” – Charles Lamb
“In law, nothing is certain but the expense.” – Samuel Butler
“A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper its printed on.” – Samuel Goldwyn
“I cannot believe that a republic could hope to exist at the present time, if the influence of lawyers in public business did not increase in proportion to the power of the people.” – Alexis de Tocqueville
“Law never is, but is always about to be.” – Benjamin Cardozo
“Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.” – Samuel Johnson
“The purpose of law is to prevent the strong from always having their way.” – Ovid