Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Justice, self-command, and true thought are our salvation. Plato.

Justice, the miracle-worker among men. John Bright.

Justice were cruel weakly to relent; / From Mercy's self she got her sacred glaive: / Grace be to those who can and will repent; / But penance long and dreary to the slave. Thomson.

Justice, while she winks at crimes, / Stumbles 25 on innocence sometimes. Butler.

Justice without power is inefficient; power without justice is tyranny. Pascal.

Justice without wisdom is impossible. Froude.

Justicia, mas no por mi casa—Justice by all means, but not in my own house. Sp. Pr.

Justissimus unus / Et servantissimus æqui—Just and observant of what is right, as no other is. Virg.

Justitia erga Deum religio dicitur; erga parentes 30 pietas—The discharge of our duty towards God is called religion; towards our parents, piety. Cic.

Justitia est constans et perpetua voluntas jus suum cuique tribuendi—Justice is the constant and unswerving desire to render to every man his own. Just.