A promise against law or duty is void in its own nature
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BILL HICKS A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
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JOHN MARSHALL Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.
LEGAL MAXIM Ancient custom has the force of law.
LEGAL MAXIM The trodden path is the safest.
LEGAL MAXIM It is fraud to conceal fraud
LEGAL MAXIM He who spares the guilty threatens the innocent
LEGAL MAXIM No cause of action arises from a bare promise
LEGAL MAXIM That which necessity compels she excuses
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LEGAL MAXIM The trodden path is the safest
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LEGAL MAXIM The partner of my partner is not my partner
LEGAL MAXIM Let him who sins when drunk be punished when sober
LEGAL MAXIM The laws are adapted to those cases which most frequently occur
LEGAL MAXIM He is not deceived who knows himself to be deceived
LEGAL MAXIM False in one thing, false in everything
LEGAL MAXIM No man can give what he has not
LEGAL MAXIM No man can make another a debtor against his will
LEGAL MAXIM Ignorance of the law must not prevent the losing attorney from collecting his fee
LEGAL MAXIM That is sufficiently certain which can be made certain
LEGAL MAXIM Let a purchaser beware
LEGAL MAXIM Ancient custom has the force of law
LEGAL MAXIM In case of doubt it is best to lean to the side of mercy.
LEGAL MAXIM When one divides, the other should have the right of first choice
LEGAL MAXIM Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art
LEGAL MAXIM A public right cannot be changed by private agreement
LEGAL MAXIM That is very dangerous, ... in an absolutely legal way and in accordance with the wording of the law...
VACLAV HAVEL It is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks...
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CEMIL CICEK The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.
JAMES A. FROUDE The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of anoth...
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MAHATMA GANDHI Once they're in the cell, and they lie down or whatever they do, nature takes its own course.
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DOUG HONIG The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other th...
JOHN STUART MILL I couldn't swear that I believed in the law - or in the American legal system.
FELICE PICANO A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First o...
ISAAC ASIMOV The type of legal support we typically have is minor that is doesn't merit a line item on its own.
HAL MORTON True nature being lost, everything becomes its own nature; as the true good being lost, everything b...
BLAISE PASCAL It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.
REBECCA WEST Till now man has been up against Nature; from now on he will be up against his own nature.
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WILLIAM H. SEWARD Man's rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, co...
SAMUEL ADAMS Its the law of nature,:The ripples you create in this world will find you someday!
VARUN AHUJA We find it inconceivable, as do I'm sure the members of this august body, that solutions should be i...
VOJISLAV KOSTUNICA Sometimes its okay to be behave like a kid, its our own nature.
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RUSSELL M. NELSON The United Nations would like to invite the government to take very tough measures against those gov...
ANTONIO MARIA COSTA Now, as a law directed against the mass of the nation has not the nature of a reasonable institution...
EDMUND BURKE Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
SIMONE WEIL Love, in its own nature, demands the perfecting of the beloved.
C.S. LEWIS Pornography is human imagination in tense theatrical action; its violations are a protest against th...
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CAMILLE PAGLIA Valor, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule -- these constit...
BHAGAVAD GITA Valour, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule - these constit...
BHAGAVAD GITA Every master loves to fuck a slave. It is a law of nature, or maybe culture.
ANNALEE NEWITZ We're seeing a complete breakdown of law and order. The army is holed up in its barracks or in its b...
AHMED RASHID Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God&...
MAHATMA GANDHI Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its ...
BARUCH SPINOZA Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its ...
BARUCH (_BENEDICT DE) SPINOZA He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for hi...
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OMOSOHWOFA CASEY Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law.
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ROBERT SERVICE You have no legal right to those benefits at all. There is nothing in the world that is less guarant...
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BRIAN WICE It's the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.
REBECCA WEST He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
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LEGAL MAXIM The laws are adapted to those cases which most frequently occur
LEGAL MAXIM He is not deceived who knows himself to be deceived
LEGAL MAXIM False in one thing, false in everything
LEGAL MAXIM No man can give what he has not
LEGAL MAXIM No man can make another a debtor against his will
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LEGAL MAXIM That is sufficiently certain which can be made certain
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MAXIM GORKY In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere.
MAXIM GORKY Every new time will give its law.
MAXIM GORKY Playing football in the morning is like eating cabbage for breakfast.
PRESSBOX MAXIM One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty.
MAXIM GORKY We kill everybody, my dear. Some with bullets, some with words, and everybody with our deeds. We dri...
MAXIM GORKY Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others thi...
CADET MAXIM Modern jazz: Variations on a non-existent theme
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MAXIM KNIGHT A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.
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SPANISH MAXIM The position on banks and insurance has not changed. We consider their opening as impossible.
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MAXIM AFINOGENOV If we play like we did today we'll do good.
MAXIM AFINOGENOV Going through the bad times the last three seasons not making the playoffs and right now still cheer...
MAXIM AFINOGENOV After the game against Finland I wished them luck. Hopefully they win and bring the gold to Buffalo.
MAXIM AFINOGENOV Right now I can't believe it. I think we're a good team but something happened and I don't know what...
MAXIM AFINOGENOV We're going to have bad breaks, but so many of the power-play goals we scored were game-winners.
MAXIM AFINOGENOV We played a pretty good game. The refs called two penalties at the end and it helped us.
MAXIM AFINOGENOV When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid
MAXIM GORKY Today's society makes me cry.
MAXIM CHEREPANOV Many contemporary authors drink more than they write
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MAXIM GORKY Vivre comme tout le monde, c'est ennuyeux; vivre autrement, c'est difficile.
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