Quote by William Dunbar
A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped. - William Dunbar

A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped. – William Dunbar

Other quotes by William Dunbar

Your law may be perfect, your knowledge of human affairs may be such as to enable you to apply it with wisdom and skill, and yet without individual acquaintance with men, their haunts and habits, the pursuit of the profession becomes difficult, slow, and expensive. – William Dunbar

Category:
Wisdom
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Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and mystical, they are romantic and ironic, they are cruel and tender, and full of mirth and despair. – William Dunbar

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Romantic
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I think mistakes are the essence of science and law. Its impossible to conceive of either scientific progress or legal progress without understanding the important role of being wrong and of mistakes. – Alan Dershowitz

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The more laws, the less justice. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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But you can count the dead bodies from alcohol, tobacco, and legal pharmaceuticals by the millions. – Jack Herer

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legal

I contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The church should bless unions that it sees fit to bless, and they should be called marriages. – Tony Campolo

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