De Legibus [On the Laws], Book 1, ch. 5 (1.6) / sec. 18 [Marcus] (c. 51 BC) [tr. Zetzel (1999)] - Cicero, Marcus Tullius | WIST Quotations
In fact ignorance of law leads to more lawsuits than knowledge of it. [Potius ignoratio iuris litigiosa est quam scientia.] (Source (Latin)). Alternate translations: It is not so much the science of law that produces litigation, as the ignorance of it. [tr. Barham (1842), Barham/Yonge (1878)] The litigious spirit is…
