I know you lawyers can, with ease, twist words and meanings as you please

Quote by John Gay

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But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and...

But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and...

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them.

I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them.

What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And...

What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And...

By ignorance is pride increased; Those most assume who know the least

By ignorance is pride increased; Those most assume who know the least

Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils...

Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils...

Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.

Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.

We only part to meet again.

We only part to meet again.

In beauty, faults conspicuous grow; the smallest speck is seen on snow

In beauty, faults conspicuous grow; the smallest speck is seen on snow

But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot...

But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot...

The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.

The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.

No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.

No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.

To cheat a man is nothing; but the woman must have fine parts, indeed, who...

To cheat a man is nothing; but the woman must have fine parts, indeed, who...

Shadow owes its birth to light.

Shadow owes its birth to light.

She who has never loved has never lived.

She who has never loved has never lived.

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...

The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact...

The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact...

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right...

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right...

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

He who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client

He who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client