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You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.

Edward Coke

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Edward Coke
Died: 1633
Died: September 3
Barrister
Judge
Lord Chief Justice Of England And Wales
Politician
Mileham
Norfolk
Sir Edward Coke
Men
Skilled
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Trust
Art

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One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.
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He is not cheated who knows he is being cheated.
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Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
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So as grave and learned men may doubt, without any imputation to them for the most learned doubteth most, and the more ignorant for the most part are the more bold and peremptory.
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The law of the realm cannot be changed but by Parliament.
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Success in crime always invites to worse deeds
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Everyone thirsteth after gaine.
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Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions
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And the law, that is the perfection of reason, cannot suffer anything that is inconvenient.
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Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale
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The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose.
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There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws and no knowledge of any laws so necessary for all estates and for all causes, concerning goods, lands or life, as the common laws of England.
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