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Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed
Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet
Going to law is losing a cow for the sake of a cat
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced
The more laws, the less justice
The good of the people is the greatest law
Laws are silent in time of war
What is lawful is undesirable; what is unlawful is very attractive
The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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