Internet Quote by Honore de Balzac

Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.

— Honore de Balzac

Laws are like spider's webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through…

— Solon

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

— Jonathan Swift

Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.

— Solon

Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the…

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Spiders' webs only have to be large enough to catch flies.

— Neil Gaiman

I have an agreement with the houseflies. The flies don't practice law and I don't walk on the ceiling.

— Groucho Marx

One of the Seven [wise men of Greece] was wont to say: That laws were like cobwebs, where the small flies are caught and…

— Francis Bacon

Laws catch flies but let hornets go free

— Mrthrill

“It's big enough for her," said the cat. "Spiders' webs only have to be large enough to catch flies.”

— Neil Gaiman

“It's big enough for her," said the chat. "Spiders' webs only have to be large enough to catch flies.”

— Neil Gaiman

These decrees of yours are no different from spiders' webs. They'll restrain anyone weak and insignificant who gets caught in them, but they'll be…

— Anacharsis