Quote#Happiness
I commend the Judge that seems fine and ingenious, so it tend to…
Quote bySir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet · 1554–1625
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Pits v. James (1614), Lord Hobart's Rep. 124-125.
English (original)
I commend the Judge that seems fine and ingenious, so it tend to right and equity. And I condemn them, that either out of pleasure to shew a subtil wit will destroy, or out of incuriousness or negligence will not labour to support the act of the party by the art or act of the law.
— Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet
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