Quote#Death
One would much rather that twenty guilty persons should escape the…
Quote byJohn Fortescue · 1394–1479
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: De laudibus legum Angliae (c. 1470), Ch. 27 (ed. Amos, 1825).
English (original)
One would much rather that twenty guilty persons should escape the punishment of death, than that one innocent person should be condemned and suffer capitally.
— John Fortescue
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Moche Crye and no Wull.
Comparisons are odious.
Muche crye and litil woll.
But see! the pains begin to fly; Tho’ Venus bled she could not die: See the new phœnix point her eyes, And lovelier from her ashes rise.
Brighter from her disease she shines, As fire the precious gold refines. Thus when the silent grave becomes Pregnant with life as fruitful wombs; When the wide seas and spacious earth Resign us to our second birth;
'Tis the night—the night Of the grave's delight, And the warlocks are at their play! Ye think that without, The wild winds shout, But no, it is they—it is they!
