He who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client


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AFRICAN PROVERB
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.
WILSON MIZNER
Any lawyer who speculates on the outcome of a court case is a fool.
DAVE HUNNICUTT
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He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
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ROALD DAHL
When you're a lawyer, you expect your client to lie to you, but not when he is the president.
DICK HOUSER
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
CHINESE PROVERB
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
CHINESE PROVERB
To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.
MARCUS AURELIUS
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CHINESE PROVERB
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He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER
He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
JOHANN VON SCHILLER
That man's a fool whose sheep flees twice. - Oji proverb
AFRICAN PROVERBS
Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Learn of the skilful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears
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A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.
WILSON MIZNER
A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.
LOUIS L'AMOUR
As a lawyer and a consultant, you don't talk about your client.
WEBSTER HUBBELL
Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
BIBLE
A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions.
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The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
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BIBLE
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He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. (Prove...
BIBLE
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JEREMY TAYLOR
A fool who thinks himself wise, he is called a fool indeed.
FRIEDRICH MAX MULLER
A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS
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BEN JOHNSON
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HUNTER S. THOMPSON
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BEN JONSON
A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee.
ARNOLD H. GLASOW
A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee.
ARNOLD GLASGOW
A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee.
ARNOLD H. GLASGOW
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
JOHN KEATS
He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
BEN JONSON
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER)
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
SENECA
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA
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Life is a re-discovery.
BRIAN BLESSED
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DEYTH BANGER
Life is a desire!
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GARY F EVANS...
It is a lie.
ARTHUR MILLER
He who despairs over an event is a coward, but he who holds hope for the human condition is a fool.
ALBERT CAMUS
It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has...
HAROLD MACMILLAN
He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is...
BRIGHAM YOUNG
My client was in fear of his life, my client was in fear for his safety. My client had some great co...
JOSEPH CAVALLO
A physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient.
WILLIAM OSLER
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ANUJ SOMANY
He who has no house of his own is everywhere at home.
VIKRANT PARSAI
He who hesitates is a damned fool.
MAE WEST
He who hesitates is a damned fool.
UNKNOWN
Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play.
J.R. RIM
When he entered the anteroom, two women looked up at him. One was Miss Robertson, the governor's sec...
GEORGE P. ELLIOTT
He who cheats others is a knave, but he who cheats himself is a fool.
KARL G. MAESER
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GARY F EVANS...
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RON DARIAN
The man I am today it's not the man of yesterday
CHRISTOPHER FUDGE
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
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HUBERT SELBY JR.
See the man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Proverbs 26:7
BIBLE
It is a fool of a shepherd who culls his dogs.
JEFFERSON SMITH
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FATHOM
He who is born a fool is never cured
PROVERB
He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not, is a slave.
SIR WILLIAM DRUMMOND (2)
He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
SIR WILLIAM DRUMMOND
He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
WILLIAM DRUMMOND
He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave
WILLIAM DRUMMOND
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.
HENRY FIELDING
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
ANONYMOUS
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BRUNO JEANBART
He who defines duty for himself is his own master.
DICK CHEATHAM
The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
CONFUCIUS
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MARK GERAGOS
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Money comes with a price, and for me, the price is both freedom and a real life.
SAVI SHARMA
Anyone who has his e-mail client notify him anytime an e-mail comes in has already lost.
CLAY SHIRKY
He who can follow his own will is a king
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