Chaabia Peintre Quotes & Sayings

How did Kirchmann understand the worthlessness of jurisprudence ? The answer lies in the aphorism: "Three revisions by the legislator and whole libraries became wastepaper." With a sharp alteration this answer became a slogan:"A stroke of the legislator's pen and whole libraries became wastepaper." Another aphorism in the same vein made the point even more brusquely and less politely: "Positive law turns the jurist into a worm in rotten wood." Kirchmann meant that jurisprudence could never catch up with legislation. Thus our predicament becomes immediately obvious. What remains of a science reduced to annotating and interpreting constantly changing regulations issued by state agencies presumed to be in the best position to know and articulate their true intent? — Carl Schmitt

No funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons. — Jerry Weller

I found something! Courage
just that; courage as a rule of life and something to cling to always. — F Scott Fitzgerald

could only fight evil so long without a bra. — Melissa F. Olson

The influence of fine scenery, the presence of mountains, appeases our irritations and elevates our friendships. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

So you fake and you flaw, for your cops and your cause. It makes no difference to me. It's love that you stole, that you stole. — Sara Quin

I'm not interested in the fact that a writer may label himself as being intellectual or anti-intellectual. l'm really interested in the stuff he's turning out. — Jorge Luis Borges

It's a pity you are so poor & plain. And a shame you have such intelligence & spirit, Miss Middleton. You might otherwise make a man an acceptable spouse. — M.R.C. Kasasian