Quote by Benjamin Franklin

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief,

Summary

This quote implies that one's perception of honesty or dishonesty can be influenced by the lawyer representing their case rather than their true character. It suggests that the verdict given in a legal case may not always reflect the morality or integrity of the person on trial, but rather the persuasiveness and effectiveness of their legal representation. The quote emphasizes the subjective nature of justice and the potential for it to be swayed by legal tactics and manipulation.

Topics

Man

By Benjamin Franklin

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Be interested in finding the best way, not in having it your

Be interested in finding the best way, not in having it your way.

Love can do much, but duty more.

Love can do much, but duty more.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Love

We are many, many people and yet we are one. What we do toda

We are many, many people and yet we are one. What we do today with our thinking, what we do tomorrow with our thoughts, what we do with our actions and our interactions with people determines the course of the universe itself.You are not powerless. You are not without power.

Little Crow, From The Gathering

Power

Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're al

Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos.

David Cronenberg

Science

I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as h

I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be pretty miserable at 40 or 50. If you're in good health, you can enjoy things into your 80s.

Age

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Patience

Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.

Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.

Publilius Syrus

Patience

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the bet

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

Change

Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which l

Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain.

Pain

The quality of your life is dependent upon the quality of th

The quality of your life is dependent upon the quality of the life of your cells. If the bloodstream is filled with waste products, the resulting environment does not promote a strong, vibrant, healthy cell life-nor a biochemistry capable of creating a balanced emotional life for an individual.

Anthony Robbins

Health

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this de

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

Hope

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. In other words, if our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc, is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away too little. If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are too small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditure excludes them.

Charity