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It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be…

Quote byWilliam Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper · 1665–1723

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Devit v. College of Dublin (1720), Gilbert Eq. Ca. 249; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 176..

English (original)

It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience.

— William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper

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