“Extreme law is often extreme injustice.”

Act IV, scene 5, line 48 (796).
Variant translations:
The highest law is often the greatest wrong.
Extreme justice is often extreme malice.
Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)

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Ius summum saepe summa est malitia.

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