Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and …

Jonathan Swift
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Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through. ✨ A Critical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind (1709) See Anacharsis 1
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