Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Custom and convention Legal theory Law

Author

Mark Twain

Source

The Gorky Incident

Language

English

Time

1906 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Humorist Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Twain, Mark. The Gorky Incident. 1906.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. "The Gorky Incident." Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings, edited by Bernard DeVoto. Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2004.

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A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

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Topic
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Source
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Language
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Time
1904 1900s 20th century
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Original Citation

Kafka, Franz. Letter to Oskar Pollak. 27 Jan. 1904.

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Whoever hath an absolute authority to interpret any written, or spoken laws; it is He, who is truly the Law-giver to all intents and purposes, and not the Person who first wrote, or spoke them.

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Legal theory Law
Speaker
Benjamin Hoadly
Medium
Sermon
Genre
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Language
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Time
1717 1710s 18th century
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Citation

Hoadly, Benjamin. "The Nature of the Kingdom, or Church, of Christ." 31 Mar. 1717, The Royal Chapel at St. James's, London, England, UK. Sermon.