George Jessel (jurist) Quotes

I may be wrong, and often am, but I never doubt. - View Quote Details on I may be wrong, and often am, but I never…
The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public! - View Quote Details on The human brain starts working the moment you are born…
Mistakes are the inevitable lot of mankind. - View Quote Details on Mistakes are the inevitable lot of mankind.
This case reminds me of one in which I likened the plaintiff’s case to a colander, because it was so full of holes. - View Quote Details on This case reminds me of one in which I likened…
I am not, as I consider, to decide cases in favour of fools or idiots, but in favour of ordinary English people, who understand English when they see it, and are not deceived by any difference in type, but who have before them a very plain statement. - View Quote Details on I am not, as I consider, to decide cases in…
It must not be forgotten that the rules of Courts of equity are not, like the rules of the common law, supposed to have been established from time immemorial. It is perfectly well known that they have been established from time to time — altered, improved, and refined from time to time. In many cases we know the names of the Chancellors who invented them. - View Quote Details on It must not be forgotten that the rules of Courts…