Quote#Speech
I do exceedingly commend the Judges that are curious and almost…
Quote bySir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet · 1554–1625
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Earl of Clanrickard's Case (1614), Lord Hobart's Rep. 277..
English (original)
I do exceedingly commend the Judges that are curious and almost subtil, Astuti (which is the word used in the Proverbs of Solomon in a good sense, when it is to a good end) to invent reasons and means to make Acts, according to the just intent of the parties, and to avoid wrong and injury which by rigid rules might be wrought out of the Act.
— Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet
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