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> [Those of us who have come to years of discretion and more, must often take to retrospect, and seek to appraise the outcome of our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/those-of-us-who-have-come-to-years-of-discretion-and-more-must-often/)

[Learned Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/learned-hand/)

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## More by Learned Hand

> [Conservative political opinion in America cleaves to the tradition of the judge as passive interpreter, believing that his absolute loyalty to authoritative law is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/conservative-political-opinion-in-america-cleaves-to-the-tradition-of/)

[Learned Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/learned-hand/)

> [When I say that a thing is true, I mean that I cannot help believing it... But...I do not venture to assume that my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/when-i-say-that-a-thing-is-true-i-mean-that-i-cannot-help-believing/)

[Learned Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/learned-hand/)

> ['I beseech ye . . . , think that ye may be mistaken.' I should like to have that written over the portals of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/i-beseech-ye-think-that-ye-may-be-mistaken-i-should-like-to-have-that/)

[Learned Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/learned-hand/)

> [If the prosecution of crime is to be conducted with so little regard for that protection which centuries of English law have given to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/if-the-prosecution-of-crime-is-to-be-conducted-with-so-little-regard/)

[Learned Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/learned-hand/)

> [I beseech ye in the bowels of Christ, think that ye may be mistaken." I should like to have that written over the portals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/i-beseech-ye-in-the-bowels-of-christ-think-that-ye-may-be-mistaken-i/)

[Learned Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/learned-hand/)

> [What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a different face, if used by government determined to suppress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/what-seems-fair-enough-against-a-squalid-huckster-of-bad-liquor-may/)

[Learned Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/learned-hand/)

> [The spirit of liberty is the spirit of him who, near two thousand years ago, taught mankind that lesson it has never learned ... .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/the-spirit-of-liberty-is-the-spirit-of-him-who-near-two-thousand/)

[Learned Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/learned-hand/)

> [I had rather take my chance that some traitors will escape detection than spread abroad a spirit of general suspicion and distrust, which accepts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/i-had-rather-take-my-chance-that-some-traitors-will-escape-detection/)

[Learned Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/learned-hand/)

> [The successful competitor, having been urged to compete, must not be turned upon when he wins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/the-successful-competitor-having-been-urged-to-compete-must-not-be/)

[Learned Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/learned-hand/)

> [Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/words-are-not-pebbles-in-alien-juxtaposition/)

[Learned Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/learned-hand/)

> [It is often hard to secure unanimity about the borders of legislative power, but that is much easier than to decide how far a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/it-is-often-hard-to-secure-unanimity-about-the-borders-of-legislative/)

[Learned Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/learned-hand/)

> [Each one of us must in the end choose for himself how far he would like to leave our collective fate to the wayward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/each-one-of-us-must-in-the-end-choose-for-himself-how-far-he-would/)

[Learned Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/learned-hand/)

> [It lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it. While it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/it-lies-in-the-hearts-of-men-and-women-when-it-dies-there-no/)

[Learned Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/learned-hand/)

> [A self-made man may prefer a self-made name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/a-self-made-man-may-prefer-a-self-made-name/)

[Learned Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/learned-hand/)

> [No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture; but modern history is not a very satisfactory side-arm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/learned-hand/no-doubt-one-may-quote-history-to-support-any-cause-as-the-devil/)

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