The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Justice Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with...

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with...

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a...

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a...

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals...

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals...

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm,...

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm,...

Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk...

Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk...

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and...

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and...

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong...

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong...

The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to...

The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to...

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil...

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil...

Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

Space is as infinite as we can imagine, and expanding this perspective is what adjusts...

Space is as infinite as we can imagine, and expanding this perspective is what adjusts...