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> [A word must become a friend or you will not understand it. Perhaps you do well to be cool and detached when you are seeking information, but I remind you of the wife who complained, 'When I ask John if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/a-word-must-become-a-friend-or-you-will-not-understand-it-perhaps-you/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

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## More by Edward Coke

> [Force ought to follow justice and not to precede.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/force-ought-to-follow-justice-and-not-to-precede/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

> [Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/corporations-cannot-commit-treason-nor-be-outlawed-nor-excommunicated/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

> [Everyone thirsteth after gaine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/everyone-thirsteth-after-gaine/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

> [A corporation has no soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/a-corporation-has-no-soul/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

> [The agreement of the parties cannot make that good which the law maketh void.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/the-agreement-of-the-parties-cannot-make-that-good-which-the-law/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

> [He is not cheated who knows he is being cheated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/he-is-not-cheated-who-knows-he-is-being-cheated/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

> [The house of every one is to him as his castle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/the-house-of-every-one-is-to-him-as-his-castle/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

> [The King himself should be under no man, but under God and the Law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/the-king-himself-should-be-under-no-man-but-under-god-and-the-law/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

> [It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief that is peculiar to one, than an inconvenience that may prejudice many.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/it-is-better-saith-the-law-to-suffer-a-mischief-that-is-peculiar-to/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

> [We have a saying in the House of Commons; that old ways are the safest and surest ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/we-have-a-saying-in-the-house-of-commons-that-old-ways-are-the-safest/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

> [Success in crime always invites to worse deeds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/success-in-crime-always-invites-to-worse-deeds/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

> [For when the law doth give any thing to one, it giveth impliedly whatsoever is necessary for the taking and enjoying of the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/for-when-the-law-doth-give-any-thing-to-one-it-giveth-impliedly/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

> [Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/things-are-worth-what-they-will-fetch-at-a-sale/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

> [The Common lawes of the Realme should by no means be delayed for the law is the surest sanctuary, that a man should take,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/the-common-lawes-of-the-realme-should-by-no-means-be-delayed-for-the/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

> [The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-coke/the-cause-ceasing-the-effect-ceases-also/)

[Edward Coke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-coke/)

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