Thursday, July 15, 2010

Irish words of wisdom

"Contending against knowledge,
contending without proofs,
Taking refuge in bad language,
A stiff delivery,
A muttering speech,
Hair-splitting,
Uncertain proofs,
Despising books,
Turning against custom,
Shifting one's pleading,
Inciting the mob,
Blowing one's own trumpet,
Shouting at the top of one's voice."
The Story of the Irish Race, 1921, Seumas MacManus.

The great Irish king Cormac MacArt on what makes a bad lawyer, circa the tenth century.  Some things never change. 

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