Quote#World
One cannot look too closely at and weigh in too golden scales the…
Quote byHenry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton · 1817–1907
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ex parte Castioni (1890), 60 L. J. Rep. (N. S.) Mag. Cas. 33..
English (original)
One cannot look too closely at and weigh in too golden scales the acts of men hot in their political excitement.
— Henry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton
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