WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Mon, 18 May 2026 21:14:47 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg verdict – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Johnson, Samuel -- Comment (15 Aug 1773) https://wist.info/johnson-samuel/24423/ https://wist.info/johnson-samuel/24423/#respond Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:01:44 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=24423 A lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge.


Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Comment (15 Aug 1773)

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