Metaphors in law are to be narrowly watched, for starting as devices to liberate thought, they end often by enslaving it. (Benjamin N. Cardozo)

Metaphors in law are to be narrowly watched, for starting as devices to liberate thought, they end often by enslaving it.

Benjamin N. Cardozo

Related topics

end enslaving law thought

Related quotes

I have often thought, it happens very well that Christmas should fall out in the Middle of Winter. View quote
Joseph Addison
Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. View quote
John F. Kennedy
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. View quote
T. S. Eliot
There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be thought so. View quote
François de La Rochefoucauld
As I watched the seagulls, I thought: "That's the road to take; find the absolute rhythm and follow it with absolute trust." View quote
Nikos Kazantzakis