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Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions.
Edward Coke
Mother, Quiet, Cause
Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.
Edward Coke
Cannot, Nor, Souls
Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason - the law which is perfection of reason.
Edward Coke
Life, Nothing, Law
Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great.
Edward Coke
Great, Small, Though
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Edward Coke
Safety
How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
Edward Coke
Long, Law, Reason
Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign.
Edward Coke
Fellow, Sovereign
One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.
Edward Coke
Guilty, Innocent, Spares
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
Edward Coke
Another, Property, Injure
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
Edward Coke
Success, Deeds, Crime
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
Edward Coke
Cause, Effect, Ceases
The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose.
Edward Coke
Home, Him, Everyone
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Edward Coke
Worth, Sale, Fetch
Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished.
Edward Coke
Act, Shall, Punished
We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the safest and surest ways.
Edward Coke
Old, House, Ways
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.
Edward Coke
Trust, Art, Provided

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Biography

Nationality: English
Born: February 1, 1552
Died: September 3, 1634

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