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law knowing shy
Lawyers are shy of meddling with the Law on their own account: knowing it to be an edged tool of uncertain application, very expensive in the working, and rather remarkable for its properties of close shaving than for its always shaving the right person. Charles Dickens
law justice water
In civil jurisprudence it too often happens that there is so much law, that there is no room for justice, and that the claimant expires of wrong in the midst of right, as mariners die of thirst in the midst of water. Charles Caleb Colton
law justice criminals
The victim to too severe a law is considered as a martyr rather than a criminal. Charles Caleb Colton
law land tree
The code of poor laws has at length grown up into a tree, which, like the fabulous Upas, overshadows and poisons the land; unwholesome expedients were the bud, dilemmas and depravities have been the blossom, and danger and despair are the bitter fruit. Charles Caleb Colton
law firsts revolution
If we trace the history of most revolutions, we shall find that the first inroads upon the laws have been made by the governors, as often as by the governed. Charles Caleb Colton
law genius talent
With the offspring of genius, the law of parturition is reversed; the throes are in the conception, the pleasure in the birth. Charles Caleb Colton
law would-be rays
You hear, Eugene?' said Lightwood over his shoulder. 'You are deeply interested in lime.' 'Without lime,' returned that unmoved barrister at law, 'my existence would be unilluminated by a ray of hope. Charles Dickens
law principles bleak-house
The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself. Charles Dickens
law idiot ass
The law is an ass, an idiot. Charles Dickens
grace imitation facility
Those graces which from their presumed facility encourage all to attempt an imitation of them, are usually the most inimitable. Charles Caleb Colton
grace sovereign sin
Sin is sovereign till sovereign grace dethrones it. Charles Spurgeon
grace salvation ends
There is no other salvation except that which begins and ends with grace. Charles Spurgeon
grace promise given
God could not have given this promise, except from love and grace; therefore it is quite certain his Word will be fulfilled. Charles Spurgeon
grace holiness saint
The saints shall persevere in holiness, because God perseveres in grace. Charles Spurgeon
grace guilt debt
As mercy is God's goodness confronting human misery and guilt, so grace is his goodness directed toward human debt and demerit. Aiden Wilson Tozer
grace world sin
Abounding sin is the terror of the world, but abounding grace is the hope of mankind. Aiden Wilson Tozer
grace benefits pleasure
Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits on the undeserving. Aiden Wilson Tozer
grace needs thirsty
O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. Aiden Wilson Tozer
holy righteousness
My trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, he is my righteousness. Charles Spurgeon
holy-grail black frost
It [Cambridge] wasn't a holy grail in the sense that I'd never been to Cambridge. But then, when I did go, the contrast between Leeds, which was very black and sooty in those days, and Cambridge, which seemed like something out of a fairystory, in the grip of a hard frost, was just wonderful. Alan Bennett
holy sight
When we got it in sight of the boat, HOLY SMOKES! It's a big halibut. Randy Teeney
holy law lay leave order return rule sites weapons
leave the holy sites quickly, lay down their weapons and return to the rule of order and law. Ayad Allawi
holy people places priest work
To work is nothing; the king on his throne, the priest kneeling before the Holy Altar, all people in all places had to work, but no person at all need be a servant. James Stephens
holy-prophet way path
Follow the way of life, which the Holy Prophet has shown you, for verily that is the right path. Abu Bakr
holy intentions interior man pour unless until
You can pour holy oil and holy water on a thug until you have emptied buckets of both; but at the end he will be a consecrated thug, but a thug all the same unless interior intentions and a disciplined man are present. William H. O'Connell
holy line
We did Holy Grail, and I got my name up there as one of the directors. After that, I started moving more and more down the line I wanted to, which was making movies. Terry Gilliam
holy involves keeping physical renewal sabbath
Keeping the Sabbath day holy is much more than just physical rest. It involves spiritual renewal and worship. James E. Faust