Quote by Francis Bacon
Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverent than pla

Judges ought to be more learned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. – Francis Bacon

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People of great position are servants times three, servants of their country, servants of fame, and servants of business. – Francis Bacon

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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it. – Francis Bacon

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The wheel of the Good Law moves swiftly on. It grinds by night and day. The worthless husks it drives from out the golden grain, the refuse from the flour. The hand of fate guides the wheel; the revolutions mark the beatings of the heart of manifestation. – Helen P. Blavatsky

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Law is a bottomless pit. – John Arbuthnot

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Lawyers and woodpeckers have long bills. – Proverb

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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time. – Henry Ward Beecher

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