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Law Quotes by Edward Coke
- Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reasonThe law, which is perfection of reason.
- The King himself should be under no man, but under God and the Law.
- No man can be a compleat Lawyer by universalitie of knowledge without experience in particular cases, nor by bare experience without universalitie of knowledge; he…
- The agreement of the parties cannot make that good which the law maketh void.
- For when the law doth give any thing to one, it giveth impliedly whatsoever is necessary for the taking and enjoying of the same.
- The law doth never enforce a man to doe a vaine thing.
- The law compells no man to impossible things. The argument ab impossibili is forcible in law.
- And the law, that is the perfection of reason, cannot suffer anything that is inconvenient.
- It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief that is peculiar to one, than an inconvenience that may prejudice many.
- There be three kinds of unhappie men. 1. Qui scit & non docet, Hee that hath knowledge and teacheth not. 2. Qui docet & non…
- So as grave and learned men may doubt, without any imputation to them; for the most learned doubteth most, and the more ignorant for the…
- In the meane time know this, that the learning of warranties is one of the most curious and cunning learnings of the law, and of…
- There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws; and no…
- Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason - the law which is perfection of reason.
- How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
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