Quote by H.L. Mencken
Injustice is relatively easy to bear; it is justice that hurts. -

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; it is justice that hurts. – H.L. Mencken

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It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin. – H.L. Mencken

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The greater the number of laws and enactments, the more thieves and robbers there will be. – Lao-tzu

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Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws. – Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations

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Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished. – William Ernest Hocking

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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. – Anatole France, The Red Lily, 1894

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