| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1002 |
| AUTHOR: | Charles Dickens (1812–70) |
| QUOTATION: | “If the law supposes that,” said Mr. Bumble,… “the law is a ass—a idiot. If that’s the eye of the law, the law is a bachelor; and the worst I wish the law is that his eye may be opened by experience—by experience.” |
| ATTRIBUTION: | CHARLES DICKENS, Oliver Twist, chapter 51, p. 489 (1970). First published serially 1837–1839. |
| SUBJECTS: | Law |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | WORKS: | Charles Dickens Collection | | |
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