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a judge cannot be a witness in his own cause (Coke)judex non potest esse testis in propria causa
a madman is like a man who is absent (Coke, adapted from Justinian)furiosus absentis loco est
a right sometimes sleeps, but never dies (i.e., sometimes in abeyance, but never abolished) (Coke)dormit aliquando jus, moritur nunquam
from bad manners (or morals) good laws have sprung (Coke)ex malis moribus bonæ leges natæ sunt
he threatens the innocent who spares the guilty (Coke)minatur innocentibus qui parcit nocentibus
if you consider its antiquity, it is most ancient; if its dignity, it is most honorable; if its jurisdiction, it is most extensive (Coke, said of the English House of Commons)si antiquitatem spectes, est vetustissima; si dignitatem, est honoratissima; si jurisdictionem, est capacissima
impunity is always an invitation to a greater crime (Coke)impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat
it is unjust that anyone should be the judge in his own cause (Coke)iniquum est aliquem rei sui esse judicem
many know many things, no one everything (Coke)multi multa, nemo omnia novit
nothing is invented and brought to perfection all at once (Coke)nihil simul inventum est et perfectum
reason and authority, the two brightest luminaries of the world (Coke)ratio et auctoritas, duo clarissima mundi lumina
ten constitute a crowd (Coke)multitudinem decem faciunt
the beaten path is the safest one (Coke)via trita est tutissima
the law will sooner tolerate a private loss than a public evil (Coke)lex citius tolerare vult privatum damnum quam publicum malum
the one who does a thing by another does it himself (Coke)qui facit per alium facit per se
 

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