Guides Quote by Philip Sidney

Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.

— Mark Twain

Law is the rudder of the ship of state.

— Austin O'Malley

The law seems like a sort of maze through which a client must be led to safety, a collection of reefs, rocks, and underwater…

— John Mortimer

“Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.--Mark Twain”

— Andi Marquette

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

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

But the law is an odd thing. For instance, one country in Europe has a law that requires all its bakers to sell bread…

— Anonymous

Bad laws make bad customs.

— Jane Aiken Hodge

Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.

— Otto von Bismarck

There are important rules in life - like not parking on yellow lines or stealing from your neighbour. But some rules are made to…

— Katie Hopkins

Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.

— Jawaharlal Nehru