Deeds Quote by Melvin Belli

it is not the deed but the intention that makes the crime.

— Heloise

The criminal is quite frequently not equal to his deed: he belittles and slanders it.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Lawyers sometimes tell the truth. They'll do anything to win a case.

— Jeremy Bentham

It is a certain sign of an ill heart to be inclined to defamation. They who are harmless and innocent can have no gratification…

— Richard Steele

A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.

— Patrick Murray

Perhaps a great deed is belittled by an intention. And perhaps a small deed, by sincere intention, is made great

— Abdullah ibn Mubarak

It is in the habits of lawyers that every accusation appears insufficient if they do not exaggerate it even to calumny; it is thus…

— Alphonse de Lamartine

It is criminal negligence to leave suckers lying around to tempt honest men.

— Wilson Mizner

The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention.

— Roger Nash Baldwin

When one wanted one's interests looking after whatever the cost, it was not so well for a lawyer to be over honest, else he…

— George Eliot

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

— John Burroughs

I do not believe in lawyers, in that mode of attacking or defending a man, because you descend to meet the judge on his…

— Henry David Thoreau