Let him who sins when drunk be punished when sober

Quote by Legal Maxim

Topics: Sin Quotes

The trodden path is the safest

The trodden path is the safest

No cause of action arises from a bare promise

No cause of action arises from a bare promise

Where the law is most strictly administered, it sometimes causes the greatest wrong

Where the law is most strictly administered, it sometimes causes the greatest wrong

It is fraud to conceal fraud

It is fraud to conceal fraud

Justice is better when it prevents rather than punishes with severity

Justice is better when it prevents rather than punishes with severity

Every innovation occasions more harm and and derangement of order by its novelty, than benefit...

Every innovation occasions more harm and and derangement of order by its novelty, than benefit...

Ignorance of the law must not prevent the losing attorney from collecting his fee

Ignorance of the law must not prevent the losing attorney from collecting his fee

The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds

The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds

Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion

Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion

His ignorance is encyclopedic

His ignorance is encyclopedic

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts

Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts

A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance

A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Your ignorance cramps my conversation

Your ignorance cramps my conversation

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an...

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an...

Ignorance is not privileged by titular degrees

Ignorance is not privileged by titular degrees