Audio lectures, Hybridization and the Law (n. d.)
Il n'est si homme de bien, qu'il mette à l'examen des loix toutes ses actions et pensées, qui ne soit pendable dix fois en sa vie.
Book III, Ch. 9
Essais (1595), Book III
Variant: There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.
“…there ought to be a law that we change identities and families every ten years or so.”
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
The man of letters, p. 207-208 ; as cited in: Philippe Billé. Remarks about Albert Caraco http://www.thephora.net/forum/showthread.php?t=50584. at thephora.net, 05-26-2009
“Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven,
Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.”
Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919) Compare: "Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix", Translation of lines quoted by Edward Coke.
“I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.”
The Economic Tendency of Freethought (1890)
Context: I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one. On that basis it would not, as a matter of policy merely, be an economical institution.
Minnesotans Phil and Karin Housley make sports and politics mix http://www.startribune.com/minnesotans-phil-and-karin-housley-make-sports-and-politics-mix/425842693/ (June 2, 2017)
