Famous quotes containing the words german, civil and/or law:
“The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Come, civil night,
Thou sober-suited matron all in black.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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