A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.

  • -- Sir Walter Scott 司各特

没有历史和文学的律师是机械师,只是一个泥瓦匠;如果他对这些有一些了解,他可以大胆地自称为建筑师。

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We shall suffer no attachment to literature, no taste for abstract discussion, no love of purely intellectual theories, to seduce us from our devotion to the cause of the oppressed, the down trodden, the insulted and injured masses of our fellow men.

我们不应该迷恋文学,不喜欢抽象的讨论,不喜欢纯粹的知识理论,从而诱使我们献身于我们同胞中被压迫的、受压迫的、受侮辱的和受伤害的人民的事业。

That's the thing about us lawyers - if at all possible, we will consume each other.

这就是我们律师的事情——如果可能的话,我们将会彼此消耗。

The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.

真正聪明的人现在想成为律师或记者。

Every man's memory is his private literature.

每个人的记忆都是他的私人文学。