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A.P. Herbert1 quote
The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure-the figure of "The Reasonable Man.".... He is an ideal, a standard, the embodiment of all those qualities which we demand of the good citizen. — A.P. Herbert · 1935Edward Bloom1 quote
Now there comes a point when a reasonable man will swallow his pride and admit he's made a terrible mistake. The truth is…I was never a reasonable man. — Edward Bloom · 2003