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Thursday, February 1, 2024

Maxims of Goethe 34


Justice insists on obligation, law on decorum. 

Justice weighs and decides, law superintends and orders. 

Justice refers to the individual, law to society. 

IMAGE: Marco Liberi, Allegory of Truth, Justice, and Innocence (c. 1660) 



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