What's Ben |
What's Verse |
Judgement see also LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE, PLANNING & DECIDING and SELF-DECEPTION. |
Many complain of their
Memory, few of their
Judgment. [1745] | Most blame their recall;
Their sense? Not at all. |
Great Good-nature, without Prudence, is a great Misfortune. [1749] | Heart without head?
Tire without tread. |
Justice & Comeuppance see also BAD HABITS & REFORM (1). |
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. [1756] | Law’s seesaw
Flaws its … awe. |
He that sows Thorns, should never go barefoot. [1756] | Boomerang?
Can defang. |
Rob not God, nor the Poor, lest thou ruin thyself; the Eagle snatcht a Coal from the Altar, but it fired her Nest. [1758] | Workers in rattraps?
Fat cats have mishaps. |
Justice: Wrong none by
doing injuries or omitting
the benefits that are your
duty. [Virtue 8] | "Mustn't" and "must"
Please keep me just. |
Lawyers |
A country man between two Lawyers, is like a fish
between two Cats. [1737] | Between two lawyers?
The blades of sawyers. |
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