Notes on the Practice of Law
November 11, 2007 by Kevin Forrester
Filed under Blog, Quotations
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser – in fees, and expenses, and waste of time. As a peace-maker the lawyer has a superior opertunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Abraham Lincoln, Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, “Notes on the Practice of Law” (1850?), pp. 245-246, emphasis in original. Edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher (The Library of America, 1989).
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
November 3, 2007 by Kevin Forrester
Filed under Blog, Quotations
To win without fighting is best.
Sun Tzu (544-496 BC)
Sun Tzu, The Art of War, chapter 3, pp. 66-72, translated by Thomas Cleary (Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1988).
