"It is true, that a Law of Contract based on causae will always be an arbitrary and inelastic law; but it is a kind of law with which some great nations are satisfied at the present day."

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Source : Edward Jenks (1922). “A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1919”

Edward Jenks

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“Guy goes into a bar with a duck under his arm. Bartender says, "Where'd you get the pig?" Guy says, "This is a duck." Bartender says, "I was talking to the duck."”
“[Middleton] contended that the religious leaders of the fourth century had admitted, eulogised, and habitually acted upon principles that were diametrically opposed, not simply to the aspirations of a transcendent sanctity, but to the dictates of the most common honesty. He showed that they had applauded falsehood, that they had practised the most wholesale forgery, that they had habitually and grossly falsified history, that they had adopted to the fullest extent the system of pious frauds, and that they continually employed them to stimulate the devotion of the people.”
“Globalization really is a concrete, fundamental fact in everybody's lives, and you really see that come to life in soccer stadiums.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
“My aunt once said that the world would never find peace until men fell at their women's feet and asked for forgiveness.”
“The party that negotiates in haste is often at a disadvantage.”

Source : Howard Raiffa, John Richardson, David Metcalfe (2002). “Negotiation Analysis: The Science and Art of Collaborative Decision Making”, p.93, Harvard University Press
“In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.”
“I often think that drama helps people feel less lonely about things.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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