JURY

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1. Wise men plead causes, but fools decide them.—ANACHARSIS, Plutarch: Lives
   

2. In my mind, he was guilty of no error, he was chargeable with no exaggeration, he was betrayed by his fancy into no metaphor, who once said that all we see about us, kings, lords, and Commons, the whole machinery of the State, all the apparatus of the system, and its varied workings, end in simply bringing twelve good men into a box.—LORD BROUGHAM, Present State of the Law
   

3. As harsh as a prejudiced jury.—THOMAS HOOD, For the New Year
   

4. Since twelve honest men have decided the cause,
   And were judges of fact, though not judges of laws.—SIR W. PULTENEY,The Honest Jury
   

5. For twelve honest men have decided the cause,
   Who are judges alike of the facts and the laws.—SIR W. PULTENEY, The Honest Jury
   

6. The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
   And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.—POPE, Rape of the Lock
   

7. The jury, passing on the prisoner's life,
   May in the sworn twelve have a thief or two
   Guiltier than him they try.—SHAKESPEARE, Measure for Measure
   

8. They have been grand-jury-men since before Noah was a sailor.—SHAKESPEARE, Twelfth Night