German Civil Law

Famous quotes containing the words german, civil and/or law:

    I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts.
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    Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.
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    It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait.
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