Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is always therefore represented as blind. t. ADDISON-The Guardian. No. 99. There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice. U. ADDISON-The Guardian. No. 99. The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. υ. ARISTOTLE. Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all. 20. BURKE Reflections on the Revolution in France. So Justice while she winks at crimes, Amongst the sons of men how few are known Line I. Justice is a habit of the mind which attributes its proper dignity to everything, preserving a due regard to the general wel Like man new made. i. Measure for Measure. Act II. Sc. 2. I have done the state some service, and they know it; No more of that; I pray you, in your letters, Impartial are your eyes, and ears: Were he my brother, nay, my kingdom's heir, Now by my sceptre's awe I make a vow, Merchant of Venice. Act IV. Sc. 1. Use every man after his desert, and who should 'Scape whipping! t. Hamlet. Act II. Sc. 2. What's open made To justice, that justice seizes. What know the laws, That thieves do pass on thieves? 'Tis very pregnant, The jewel that we find we stoop and take it, Because we see it; but what we do not see We tread upon and never think of it. u. Measure for Measure. Act II. Sc. 1. What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted? Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just; And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted. v. Henry VI. Pt. II. Act III. Sc. 2. |