Clients Quote by Harry A. Blackmun

“The man who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client.”

— Joseph Hansen

He who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client

— Proverb

He who represents himself has a fool for a client

— Abraham Lincoln

“My favorite Proverb: If you argue with a fool, how will they know who the fool is?”

— C. Fern Cook

Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.

— Baron de Montesquieu

“only a fool obeys the law if it is against his own advantage.”

— T.Z. Lavine

When the fool is told a Proverb, its meaning has to be explained to him

— African Proverb

About half the practice of a decent lawyer is telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should shut up.

— Elihu Root

“The easiest way to become a fool, is to argue with one.”

— Charles Samuel D'Monte

Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions.

— Baltasar Gracian

“If you argue with a fool, you become a fool.”

— L.A. Hilden

“The fool who knows his folly Becomes wise by that fact. But the fool who thinks he's wise - He's called 'a fool' indeed!”

— Anonymous