John Trumbull quotes
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“No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law.”
-- John TrumbullSource : John Trumbull (1962). “Satiric Poems: The Progress of Dulness and M'Fingal”, p.170
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“As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?”
-- John TrumbullSource : John Trumbull, “M'Fingal - Canto II”
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“But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.”
-- John TrumbullSource : John Trumbull (1839). “M'Fingal: a modern epic poem, in four cantos”, p.7
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“But as some muskets so contrive it As oft to miss the mark they drive at, And though well aimed at dock or plover Bear wide, and kick their owners over.”
-- John TrumbullSource : John Trumbull, “M'Fingal - Canto I”
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“While briskly to each patriot lip Walks eager round the inspiring flip; Delicious draught, whose pow'rs inherit The quintessence of public spirit!”
-- John TrumbullSource : John Trumbull (1839). “M'Fingal: a modern epic poem, in four cantos”, p.56
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Source : Arthur Edward Waite (2003). “Devil-Worship in France: With Diana Vaughn and the Question of Modern Palladism”, p.219, Weiser Books
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“Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained.”
Source : Quoted in James Parton, Life and Times of Aaron Burr, 7th ed. (1858)
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“Law that shocks equity is reason's murderer.”
Source : Voltaire, Aaron Hill (1797). “Merope: A Tragedy”, p.50
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Source : Abraham Cowley, Abraham Cowley, Etc, A. R. Waller (2014). “Essays, Plays and Sundry Verses”, p.377, Cambridge University Press
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“Money has no moral opinions.”
Source : "Fictional character: Joe Morse". "Force of Evil", 1948.
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“I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating.”
Source : "Levine's just a singer in a band" by Donna Freydkin, usatoday30.usatoday.com. June 25, 2012.
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Source : "Ai Weiwei, Nursing Head Wound, Sharpens Criticism: Review" by Catherine Hickley, Bloomberg.com, October 14, 2009.
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