"There was once a professor of law who……" — W. Somerset Maugham

There was once a professor of law who said to his students.… - W. Somerset Maugham
"There was once a professor of law who said to his students. When you are fighting a case, if you have facts on your side hammer them into the jury, and if you have the law on your side hammer it into the judge. But if you have neither the facts nor the law, asked one of his listeners? Then hammer the hell into the table, answered the professor."

W. Somerset Maugham

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