Even the laws of justice themselves cannot subsist without mixture of injustice.
Interpretation
Justice often requires a balance that may involve some injustice.
This quote suggests that in pursuit of justice, there are often complexities and gray areas that require compromising principles. The very systems we employ to uphold justice might inherently contain elements of injustice, highlighting the paradoxical nature of human laws and morality.
In practice
Using this quote in a discussion about the complexities of legal systems.
PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar "itching palm" ("Palma hominis") is most widely distributed . . . . This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum, which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver.
Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.
Indigestion: A disease which the patient and his friends frequently mistake for deep religious conviction and concern for the salvation of mankind. As the simple Red Man of the Western Wild put it, with, it must be confessed, a certain force: 'Plenty well, no pray; big belly ache, heap God.'
Disobey n:To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command
NOUMENON, n. That which exists, as distinguished from that which merely seems to exist, the latter being a phenomenon. The noumenon is a bit difficult to locate; it can be apprehended only by a process of reasoning - which is a phenomenon.
PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch tv too much. We have multiplied our possessions but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living but not a life. We've added years to life, not life to years.
Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.
All I know is I'm not a Marxist.
Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the black experience.
She thought how strange it would be if she ever said 'Hello' to him. One did not greet oneself each morning.
He has to conceal what he would most wish to make public, and make public what he would most wish to conceal.
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