Quotes by Butler, Samuel

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is t >>

The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat, or takes in its milk >>

Because they did not see merit where they should have seen it, people, >>

Quotations about Law and Lawyers

The law helps those who watch, not those who sleep. >>

Laws are not invented. They grow out of circumstances. >>

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press e >>

A lawyers dream of heaven; every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

Butler, Samuel