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Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to confute him.

John Selden

Table Talk (Selden) · 1689

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1689

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John Selden

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Selden, John. "Law." The Table-Talk Of John Selden. London: J.M. Dent and Company, 1689.

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