Quote#Pride
For a while he trampled with impunity on laws human and divine; but,…
Quote byLouis Brandeis · 1856–1941
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Norman Hapgood (September 25, 1911) referring to Charles Sanger Mellen.
English (original)
For a while he trampled with impunity on laws human and divine; but, as he was obsessed with the delusion that two and two make five, he fell, at last, a victim of the relentless rules of humble arithmetic. "Remember, O Stranger, Arithmetic is the first of the sciences and the mother of safety".
— Louis Brandeis
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