No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.

Quote by John Mortimer

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There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric...

There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric...

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure...

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure...

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to...

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to...

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of...

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of...

No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.

No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.

The greatest horrors of our world, from the executions in Iran to the brutalities of...

The greatest horrors of our world, from the executions in Iran to the brutalities of...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the...

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the...

The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound...

The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound...

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as...

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as...

There is always time for failure.

There is always time for failure.

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to...

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to...

Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.

Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure...

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure...