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Quotes from The Wolf and Shepherds — James Beattie

1735–1803 Scotland

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What is a law, if those who make it
Become the forwardest to break it?

The Wolf and Shepherds (1776)

Laws, as we read in ancient sages,
Have been like cobwebs in all ages:
Cobwebs for little flies are spread,
And laws for little folks are made;
But if an insect of renown,
Hornet or beetle, wasp or drone,
Be caught in quest of sport or plunder,
The flimsy fetter flies in sunder.

The Wolf and Shepherds (1776)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Beattie (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.