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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
west spheres east
The world is a sphere, there is no East or West. Ai Weiwei
west may forget
The West is dead... you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her. Charles Marion Russell
westerns
What made us different from other westerns was the fact that 'Gunsmoke' wasn't just action and a lot of shooting; they were character-study shows. James Arness
west notable should
The West is duly terrified. But it should not be surprised. ... Ayaan Hirsi Ali
west partnership states
We can also reassure our Palestinian partners that we understand the importance of territorial contiguity in the West Bank for a viable Palestinian state. Ariel Sharon
west feels continents
I always hope for the better for the continent and what I know comes from Africa. Living in the West we feel like we're so removed from the continent that we can somewhat shut off. Djimon Hounsou
west
Do I think the West End relies too heavily on star names? Yes, I do, and it can result in miscasting and sub-standard stuff. Not always, but occasionally. Tobias Menzies
west
We went west willingly--because we had to. Brigham Young
west wonderful raised
I have an amazing family. I was raised in a wonderful mid-west family. Jana Kramer
distinction unsatisfied
I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate. David Antin
distinction
There needn't be a distinction between your life and your music. K. D. Lang
distinction believer visuals
I'm a great believer in visual distinctions. Larry Wall
distinction remembered
There is a sharp distinction between what is remembered, what is told and what is true. Kevin Powers
distinction untouchability superiors
When untouchability is rooted out, these distinctions will vanish and no one will consider himself superior to any other. Mahatma Gandhi
distinction labour
Labour is a great leveler of all distinctions. Mahatma Gandhi
distinction made clear
I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living. Robert Fulghum