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"Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone."
"The laws of men are not infallible."
"There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders."
"Appeal in law: to put the dice into the box for another throw."
"When they say whatever you say may be used against you, they mean it!"
"The law is logical and is based on common sense. The trick was to argue the law in favor of your particular point of view without sounding biased. It was kind of like a magic trick: the best illusionist being the one who can best manipulate the logic to his or her advantage, all the while giving the illusion of impartiality."
"Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy."
"The law. Lady Frances, is an uncertain animal. It has twists and turns that surprise the non-legal mind."
"HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There arefour kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, andpraiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slainwhether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is foradvantage of the lawyers."
Explore more quotes by Raymond Chandler
"Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say."
"The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication."
"If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come."
"Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck."
"Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations."
"Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let us behave as though we were dead already."
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