Justice is better when it prevents rather than punishes with severity

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It is fraud to conceal fraud

It is fraud to conceal fraud

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

The trodden path is the safest

The trodden path is the safest

Let him who sins when drunk be punished when sober

Let him who sins when drunk be punished when sober

No cause of action arises from a bare promise

No cause of action arises from a bare promise

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

When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds

When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds

If ignorance is bliss, then I'd hope to, one day, be MultiOrgasmic.

If ignorance is bliss, then I'd hope to, one day, be MultiOrgasmic.

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice

What's encouraging about meditation is that even if we shut down, we can no longer...

What's encouraging about meditation is that even if we shut down, we can no longer...

Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly...

Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly...

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.