Logo
The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite

The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby justifies, in a way, all similar actions that lie outside those limits. – Leo Tolstoy, What I Believe

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Justice & Law
category

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes. – Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

Category:
Justice & Law

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. – Robert Frost

Category:
Justice & Law

Men are too unstable to be just; they are crabbed because they have not passed water at the usual time, or testy because they have not been stroked or praised. – Edward Dahlberg, The Sorrows of Priapus, 1957

Category:
Justice & Law

A lawyer is a gentleman who rescues your estate from your enemies and keeps it for himself. – Lord Brougham

Category:
Justice & Law

Random Quotes

Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health. – Thomas Tusser

Category:
Fasting

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept destructive criticism. Without 100 percent dedication, you wont be able to do this. – Willie Mays

Category:
Devotion

Parenting, as an unpaid occupation outside the world of public power, entails lower status, less power, and less control of resources than paid work. – Nancy Chodorow

Category:
parenting

Death and life have their determined appointments riches and honors depend upon heaven. – Confucius

Category:
Death