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He who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decide justly, cannot be considered just.Seneca the Younger, Medea, CXCIX.

Non est princeps super leges, sed leges supra principem.The prince is not above the laws, but the laws above the prince.Pliny the Younger, Paneg. Traj. 65.

Rebus cunctis inest quidam velut orbis.In all things there is a kind of law of cycles. Tacitus, Annales AD 117, III. 55.

Si judicas, cognosce; si regnas, jube.If you judge, investigate; if you reign, command. Seneca the Younger, Medea, CXCIV.

Variant: How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in the streets, sleeping under bridges, and stealing bread!

Necessity has no law.Anonymous Latin proverb which arose in the middle ages, leading to many variant expressions and extensions in many cultures.

— Law culture

Anonymous Latin proverb which arose in the middle ages, leading to many variant expressions and extensions in many cultures.

— Law culture

Quia enim necessitas non habet legem, set ipsa sibi facit legumeNecessity knows no law but makes law.Gratian, Decretum Gratiani

Variant translation: Wherever it is impossible for us to recognize the law of necessity, we believe we are free.

— Law believe

An unconstitutional act is not law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; affords no protection; it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed.J. Chase, writing the opinion in Norton vs. Shelby County, 118 U.S. 425, p. 442.

— Law writing

For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Legibus On the Laws, Book I, Chapter XV translation by C.D. Yonge.

— Law society

The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring strength. The reminder of Jehovah is trustworthy, making the inexperienced one wise.David, Psalm 19:7, New World Translation.

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.Paul of Tarsus, Galatians, 5:14.

It is true as a general proposition that knowledge of the law must be imputed to every person, but it would be too much to impute knowledge of this rule of equity; election as a question of intention of course implies knowledge.Lord Westbury, Spread v. Morgan 11 H. L. C. 602.

— Law knowledge

Litigious terms, fat contentions, and flowing fees.John Milton, Prose Works, Volume I. Of Education.

— Law education

Nova constitutio futuris formam impomere debet non praeteritis: A new state of the law ought to affect the future, not the past.2 Inst. 292.

One of the Seven was wont to say: That laws were like cobwebs; where the small flies were caught, and the great brake through.Francis Bacon, Apothegms, No. 181.

Quid leges sine moribus Vanæ proficiunt?Of what use are laws, inoperative through public immorality? Horace, Carmina, III. 24. 35.

— Law morality

Quod vos jus cogit, id voluntate impetret.What the law insists upon, let it have of your own free will. Terence, Adelphi, III. 4. 44.

When to raise the wind some lawyer tries, Mysterious skins of parchment meet our eyes; On speeds the smiling suit— . . . . . . Till stript—nonsuited—he is doomed to toss In legal shipwreck, and redeemless loss, Lucky, if like Ulysses, he can keep His head above the waters of the deep.Horace and James Smith, Rejected Addresses, Architectural Atoms. Translation by Dr. B. T.

Who to himself is law, no law doth need, Offends no law, and is a king indeed.George Chapman, Bussy dAmbois, Act II, scene 1.

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