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Justice: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore always represented as blind.— ADDISON — The Guardian. No. 99.

There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.— ADDISON — The Guardian. No. 99.

Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.— ARISTOTLE — Metaphysics. On the

Virtues and Vices. Justice. God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance, Rests never on the track until it reach Delinquency.— ROBERT BROWNING — Ceuciaja.

It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.— BURKE — Speech on Conciliation with America. Works. Vol. II. P. 136.

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.— BURKE — Reflections on the Revolution in

France. So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.— BUTLER — Hudibras. Canto II. Pt. I. L. 1177.

Amongst the sons of men how few are known Who dare be just to merit not their own.— CHURCHILL — Epistle to Hogarth. L. 1.

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore.— EMERSON — Voluntaries.

Justice without wisdom is impossible.— FROUDE — Short Studies on Great

Subjects. Party Politics. That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one. HENRY GEORGE The Land Question. Ch. XIV. I have loved justice and hated iniquity; and therefore I die in exile. POPE GREGORY VII. (HILDEBRAND). Bowden's Life of Gregory VII. Vol. II. Bk. III. Ch. XX.

Man is unjust, but God is just; and finally justice Triumphs.— LONGFELLOW — Evangeline. Pt. I. III. L. 34.

But the sunshine aye shall light the sky. As round and round we run; And the Truth shall ever come uppermost, And Justice shall be done.— CHARLES MACKAY — Eternal Justice. St. 4.

Just are the ways of God, And justifiable to men.— MILTON — Samson Agonistes. L. 293.

Yet I shall temper so Justice with mercy, as may illustrate most Them fully satisfied, and thee appease.— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. X. L. 77.

He shall have merely justice and his bond.— Shakespeare — Merchant of Venice. Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 339.

I have done the state some service, and they know 't; No more of that, I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.— Shakespeare — Othello. Act V. Sc. 2. L. 339.

I show it most of all when I show justice; For then I pity those I do not know, Which a dismiss'd offence would after gall; And do him right that, answering one foul wrong, Lives not to act another. S.— Shakespeare — Measure for Measure. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 99.

O, I were damn'd beneath all depth in hell, But that I did proceed upon just grounds To this extremity.— Shakespeare — Othello. Act V. Sc. 2. L. 137.

There is more owing her than is paid; and more shall be paid her than she'll demand.— Shakespeare — All's Well That Ends Well. Act I. Sc. 3. L. 107.

This bond is forfeit; And lawfully by this the Jew may claim A pound of flesh.— Shakespeare — Merchant of Venice. Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 230.

This even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.— Shakespeare — Macbeth. Act I. Sc. 7. L. 9.

This shows you are above Your justicers; that these our nether crimes So speedily can venge!— Shakespeare — King Lear. Act IV. Sc. 2. L. 78.

Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just, And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.— Shakespeare — Henry VI. Pt. II. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 232.

Thyself shalt see the act: For, as thou urgest justice, be assur'd Thou shalt have justice more than thou desir'st.— Shakespeare — Merchant of Venice. Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 315.

Use every man after his desert, and who should 'Scape whipping!— Shakespeare — Hamlet. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 554.

Etiam illud adjungo, sæpius ad laudem atque virtutem naturam sine doctrinâ, quam sine naturâ valuisse doctrinam. I add this also, that natural ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.— CICERO — Oratio Pro Licinio Archia. VII.

Fiat justitia ruat cœlum. Let justice be done, though the heavens should fall.— Motto of Emperor Ferdinand I

Arma tenenti Omnia dat qui justa negat. He who refuses what is just, gives up everything to him who is armed.— LUCAN — Pharsalia. I. 348.

Quam necis artifices arte perire sua. Nor is there any law more just, than that he who has plotted death shall perish by his own plot.— OVID — Ars Amatoria. I. 655.

Ubicumque homo est, ibi beneficio locus est. Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness.— SENECA — Thyestes. CCXIV.

Bis gratum est, quod dato opus est, ultro si offeras. If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled.— SYRUS — Maxims.

S. Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter. He confers a double kindness on a poor man who gives quickly.— SYRUS — Maxims.

L'amour de la justice n'est, en la plupart des hommes, que la crainte de souffrir l'injustice. The love of justice is, in most men, nothing more than the fear of suffering injustice.— LA ROCHEFOUCAULD — Maximes.

On ne peut être juste si on n'est pas humain. One can not be just if one is not humane. k. XXVIII. Nicht Stimmenmehrheit ist des Rechtes Probe. The proof of justice lies not in the voice of the majority.— SCHILLER — Marie Stuart. II. 3.

Cima di giudizio non s'avvalla. Justice does not descend from its pinnacle.— DANTE — Purgatorio. VI. 37.

K. Eigentlich weiss man nur wenn man wenig weiss; mit dem Wissen wächst der Zweifel. We know accurately only when we know little; with knowledge doubt increases.— GOETHE — Sprüche in Prosa.

Wer viel weiss Hat viel zu sorgen. He who knows much has many cares.— LESSING — Nathan der Weise. IV. 2.

Willst du dich selber erkennen, so sieh' wie die andern es treiben ; Willst du die andern versteh'n, blick in dein eigenes Herz. If you wish to know yourself observe how others act. If you wish to understand others look into your own heart.— SCHILLER — Xenien. L.