The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experienc…

Samuel Johnson
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The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public. ✨ Quoted in Heather Lynch Piozzi, Anecdotes of ...Johnson (1786)
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