"Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong."

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Source : Advice to a newly appointed colonial governor ignorant in the law, in John Lord Campbell 'The Lives of the Chief Justices of England' (1849) vol. 2, ch. 40

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

#Thinking Quotes #Giving Quotes #Justice Quotes

“I had wanted to be a fish farmer, to be honest with you. I wanted to be an agriculturist. I wanted to have my own fish farm. I was also contemplating surfboard building.”

Source : "Dustin Clare SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 23, 2012.
“One thing about Germany - they'll be organised, they'll be big and they'll be strong.”
“Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.”

Source : Wislawa Szymborska, Stanisław Barańczak, Clare Cavanagh (2000). “Poems, New and Collected, 1957-1997”, p.16, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Again, conventional Catholicism does not much appeal to me.”
“What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colours which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose.”
“As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future.”

Source : Alison Lurie (2012). “The Nowhere City: A Novel”, p.11, Open Road Media
“I got a letter one day from somebody saying, `You're always criticizing the press. Why don't you talk about what Clay Felker is doing to your own paper [The Voice]?' And my 10-year-old son Tom, now with Williams & Connelly, put in a legal opinion, not - an opinion from the back of the car saying, `You know why? What are you, afraid?' So I wrote the column. I - you know, - the column simply said that Felker is destroying this paper.”

Source : Source: thedailyhatch.org
“A leader should have higher endurance and ability to accept and embrace failure.”

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