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Category: Law

Posted on September 19, 2022

“Men, like peaches and pears, grow sweet a little while before they begin to decay.”—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American jurist, 1841-1935

Posted on April 4, 2022

“Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.”—William Shakespeare, English playwright, 1564-1616

Posted on February 26, 2022February 26, 2022

“The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 428-348 BC

Posted on November 28, 2021November 28, 2021

“Marriage is but a necessary evil.”—Menander, Greek dramatist, 342-291 BC

Posted on September 11, 2021

“Those who can sin in secret do so more quickly.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

Posted on August 30, 2021August 30, 2021

“Mankind censures injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 428-348 BC

Posted on August 27, 2021August 27, 2021

“Many commit the same crime and face a different fate: that man gets the cross, this one the crown.”—Decimus Juvenal, Roman poet, 1st-2nd centuries, AD

Posted on August 15, 2021August 15, 2021

“Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.”—Bernard Baruch, American financier, 1870-1965

Posted on August 5, 2021August 5, 2021

“So many men, so many opinions, every one his own way.”—Terence, Roman playwright, 2nd century BC

Posted on July 22, 2021July 22, 2021

“Laws are like spiders’ webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away.”—Solon, Athenian lawmaker, c.630-c.560 BC

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