Quote#Happiness
It was nobly said in another place (I heard it with pleasure, and…
Quote bySir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet · 1745–1800
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Master v. Miller (1791), 4 T. R. 335..
English (original)
It was nobly said in another place (I heard it with pleasure, and thought it becoming the dignity of the person who pronounced it, and the place in which it was pronounced) "that the law is best applied, when it is subservient to the honesty of the case."
— Sir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet
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