Ignorance Of The Law Excuses No Man; Not That All Men Know The Law, But Because 't Is An Excuse Every Man Will Plead, And No Man Can Tell How To Refute Him.

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Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law,
but because 't is an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell
how to refute him.
-- John Selden (1584-1654)
-- Law

If you want to know how old a man is, ask his brother-in-law.
Howe's Law Every man has a scheme that will not work.
Behind every successful man is an amazed mother-in-law.
No man is above the law and no man below it. -- Theodore Roosevel
Epperson's law: When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can beat him at.
When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can beat him at.
-- Epperson's law...
Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide.
-- John Selden (1584-1654) -- Judgme...

Ignorance Of The Law Excuses No Man; Not That All Men Know The Law, But Because 't Is An Excuse Every Man Will Plead, And No Man Can Tell How To Refute Him.

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