#court

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#ennoble #greater #life #small #sweeten

The judge turned his back towards me, sitting back on his judge's chair, while I was in the witness stand being questioned. The whole courtroom was full of these anarchists, leftists, communists and Jewish lobbyists. ↗

— Ernst Zundel

#being #chair #communists #courtroom #full

Insults are the business of the court. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#court #insults

I hardly expected the grand jury to sustain me, after they saw everything different from what it had been while I was there. Yet they did, and their report to the court advises all the changes made that I had proposed. ↗

— Nellie Bly

#after #been #changes #court #did

All of our affairs, since the union of crowns, have been managed by the advice of English ministers, and the principal offices of the kingdom filled with such men, as the court of England knew would be subservient to their designs. ↗

— Andrew Fletcher

#affairs #been #court #crowns #designs

Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong. ↗

— Henry Newbolt

#merciful #princes #proud #strong

It's been sanctioned by the courts, and I accept that. ↗

— Gary Gilmore

#been #courts #i #sanctioned

The stopping of the Judicial courts, had been blended, in the minds of some people, with the redress of grievances considered only as a mode of awakening the attention of the legislature. ↗

— George Richards Minot

#awakening #been #blended #considered #courts

Camille sighed dramatically. "The thing that you are too young to understand is that we all hide things. We hide them from our lovers because we wish to present our best selves, but also because if it is real love, we expect our loved one to simply understand it, without needing to ask. In a true partnership, the kind that lasts through the ages, there is an unspoken communion. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#camille-belcourt #age

Courtiers never look like fools, or engage in hard work if they can’t make it look easy. Conquering the world is a sweaty business, and perspiration always betrays. ↗

— Benson Bruno

#funny #grace #business