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There is no magic in parchment or in wax.

— William Henry Ashurst Master v. Miller (1763)

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More quotes by William Henry Ashurst

It is every man's own fault if he does not take such advice as will be sure to lead him right.

Goodtitle v. Otway (1797)

It is a strong presumption that that which never has been done cannot by law be done at all.

Russell v. The Mayor of Devon (1788)

Paper currency, guarded by proper regulations and restrictions, is the life of commerce.

Jordaine v. Lashbrooke (1798)

This Court will always know to temper mercy with justice where there is room for it.

Holt's Case (1793)

Better that an individual should suffer an injury than that the public should suffer an inconvenience.

Russell v. The Mayor of Devon (1788)

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Reason is Life's sole arbiter, the magic Laby'rinth's single clue:
Worlds lie above, beyond its ken; what crosses it can ne'er be true.

Richard Francis Burton The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî (1870)

In imitating the exemplary acts of a god or of a mythic hero, or simply by recounting their adventures, the man of an archaic society detaches himself from profane time and magically re-enters the Great Time, the sacred time.

Mircea Eliade Myths, Dreams and Mysteries (1967)

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

Thomas Jefferson

The superior man loves his soul; the inferior man loves his property.

Confucius

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