#law

It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave. ↗

— Sallust

#brave #coward #defeat #even #his

In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost. ↗

— Kim Y. Sam

#before #day #law #lost #now

The current constitutional law places the president of the republic in an embarrassing situation. ↗

— Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

#current #embarrassing #law #places #president

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people marched in the streets. I think what we need is a global protest movement of people who won't give up. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#employment #give #global #happened #i

I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right. ↗

— Marjane Satrapi

#i #idiots #laws #made #me

The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain - are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture. ↗

— George Saunders

#beloved #constant #culture #details #exaltation

Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#branch #general #language #languages #laws

When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#flawed #invisible #negative #our #perfect

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers. ↗

— George Savile

#could #laws #lawyers #speak #themselves

Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those who suffer if they break them. ↗

— George Savile

#execute #generally #laws #make #persons