No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.


Decimus Laberius

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No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
HERACLITUS
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same...
HERACLITUS
When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constit...
WILLIAM HAGUE
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
He who is first in time has the prior right.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials of impotence.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
And Modesty, who, when she goes, Is gone for ever.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
Hard cases make bad law.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it is useless.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a saint.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to you.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
I've already tried to call Ray twice (after the AL playoffs), but I know he's a busy man,
DAN SHERMAN
He (the victim) tried to escape twice, twice he was brought back.
LT. CHIS BURCHELL
Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Never cry for the same person twice.
MANOJ VAZ
What? Was man made a wheel-work to wind up, And be discharged, and straight wound up anew? No...
ROBERT BROWNING
I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself ge...
RAYMOND CHANDLER
No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the wor...
THOMAS CARLYLE
A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.
LOUIS L'AMOUR
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, mu...
BIBLE
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.
CHARLES DARWIN
Just because they disagree, doesn't mean you ain't right.
TOBA BETA
No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.
C.S. LEWIS
One meal a day is enough for a lion, and it ought to be for a man.
GEORGE FORDYCE
One meal a day is enough for a lion, and it ought to be for a man
GEORGE FORDYCE
Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time aro...
TERRY MCCORMICK
We tried twice. The first time, results were lacking.
DAVID ROSENTHAL
The marble keeps merely a cold and sad memory of a man who would else be forgotten. No man who needs...
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
For a woman to get half as much credit as a man, she has to work twice as hard, and be twice as smar...
CHARLOTTE WHITTON
What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man ...
MARY HARRIS JONES
An experienced loner does not fall for the same trick twice.
WATARU WATARI
A man ought not to be governed by laws, in the framing of which he had not a voice, either in person...
CHARLES GREY 2ND EARL GREY
A man ought not to be governed by laws, in the framing of which he had not a voice, either in person...
CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL GREY
Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo...
GERMANY KENT
The legend of Decimus Croome seemed to expand like a parasitic beast feeding off the lifeblood of th...
KEVIN PURDY
The question Who ought to be boss? is like as Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet? Obviously, t...
HENRY FORD
Asking 'who ought to be the boss' is like asking 'who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?' Obvious...
HENRY FORD
The question, "Who ought to be boss?" is like asking "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obv...
HENRY FORD
The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like as "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviousl...
HENRY FORD
No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of co...
THOMAS JEFFERSON
No man ought to look a given horse in the mouth. The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)
JOHN HEYWOOD
The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic... for the grounds for that love have always...
GERMAINE GREER
To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the same thing.
SAMUEL RICHARDSON
Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.
LOUIS-FERDINAND CELINE
Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.
LOUIS FERDINAND CELINE
It is to be remedied that the false traitors will suffer no man to come into the king's presence...
JACK CADE
There are strong opportunities to be found in both Bulgaria and Croatia. You get twice the size of t...
TOBIAS JUST
No man can be a Christian and a soldier at the same time, for the two ideas are wholly incompatible.
W.E. WOODWARD
Cuba doesn't lose twice to the same team!
JOSE RAMIREZ
Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what ...
THOMAS AQUINAS
Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what ...
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what ...
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ...
GERMANY KENT
There are certain things in life that you'll be forgiven for, no matter how thoughtless or stupid or...
JENNIFER E. SMITH
Methink'st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.
WILLIAM HAZLITT
Every man is a consumer and ought to be a producer.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living...
JOHN ADAMS
God hath thus ordered it, that we may learn to bear one another’s burdens; for no man is without f...
THOMAS à KEMPIS
It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to ...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Be nice to people... maybe it'll be unappreciated, unreciprocated, or ignored, but spread the love a...
GERMANY KENT
Vatican City is a bit overrated in my opinion - no offence to the Vatican.
ED STOPPARD
Apologize: To lay the foundation for a future offence.
AMBROSE BIERCE
Don't be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.
AKIO MORITA
But I don't doubt it will be essentially the same type of crime. The details may be different, but t...
AGATHA CHRISTIE
No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compu...
PLATO
It is concerning to me that the same thing happened twice at the same location.
TIM MANNING
I think the second offence should be made public for everyone's sake, including the sponsors.
NATHAN BROWN
A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one
MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS
A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
I might be a different kind of fool, but I ain't gonna be the same fool twice.
AUGUST WILSON
That is what I like; that is what a young man ought to be. Whatever be his pursuits, his eagerness i...
JANE AUSTEN
I think residents ought to wake up and be concerned. People need to realize their lives won't be the...
ANITA GALLENTINE
This offence is going to be very good.
STEVE MCNAIR
Things never happen the same way twice.
C.S. LEWIS
Great mind thinks the same way twice
SUMAN MITRA
I never teach the same course twice.
ELIE WIESEL
It is disgraceful to stumble against the same stone twice
GREEK PROVERB
There was definitely no offence intended to anyone inside the ground apart from their staff.
NEIL WARNOCK
Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this—Great God, gra...
IVAN TURGENEV
Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this—Great God, gran...
IVAN TURGENEV
Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to...
TOM HAYDEN
You really ought to think twice before you appoint a staff member to a position like Supreme Court j...
LEON PANETTA
Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can...
JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH
There was no guarantee of victory if I remained the same or just tried to be myself, but there was c...
JOHN W LORD
Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social bei...
MAHATMA GANDHI
The way this team is built ? and, you know, we're not built on offence ? our system is always going ...
MARTIN BRODEUR
You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS
You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.

More Decimus Laberius

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
He who is first in time has the prior right.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials of impotence.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
And Modesty, who, when she goes, Is gone for ever.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
Hard cases make bad law.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it is useless.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a saint.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to you.
DECIMUS LABERIUS
Begin -- to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have fini...
DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS
Nothing more detestable does the earth produce than an ungrateful man.
DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS
Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.
DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS
When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.
DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS
Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole. [Lat., Incipe quidq...
DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS
Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have fini...
DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS
Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man. [Lat., Nil homine terra pejus ingrato creat.]
DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS
If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many. [Lat., Multis terribilis, caveto multos.]
DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS
Nature never says one thing and wisdom another.
DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL
It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome. [Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas....
DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS
A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted is a more agreeable favor. [Lat...
DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS
When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness. [Lat., Turpe quid ...
DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS
The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death.
DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS
If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond. [Lat., Si fortuna juvat, ca...
DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS
Fear not death; fear not having lived.
NARCISSISMUS DECIMUS MAXIMUS
If idiots can’t think for themselves, then what is a movement of idiots?

A herd followi...
NARCISSISMUS DECIMUS MAXIMUS
Love yourself’ the social horde spouts from on high, mere moments later they frown at a bypassing ...
NARCISSISMUS DECIMUS MAXIMUS
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Father of his country. [Lat., Pater pariae.]
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I only feel, but want the power to paint. [Lat., Nequeo monstrare et sentio tantum.]
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Of what use are pedigrees, or to be thought of noble blood, or the display of family portraits, O P...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
You are not to do evil that good may come of it. [Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat bonum.]
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed. [Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogita...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted. [Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.]
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
A rare bird upon the earth, and exceedingly like a black swan. [Lat., Rara avis in terris, nigroqu...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of a...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Whatever guilt is perpetrated by some evil prompting, is grievous to the author of the crime. This...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
No one rejoices more in revenge than woman. [Lat., Vindicta Nemo magis gaudet quam foemina.]
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind. [Lat., Semper et infirmi est anim...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools. [Lat., At vindicta bonum vita jucundius ipsa...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure. [Lat., Voluptates commendat rarior usus.]
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods. [...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power. [Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quem...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
He who wishes to become rich wishes to become so immediately. [Lat., Dives fieri qui vult Et c...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Common sense among men of fortune is rare. [Lat., Rarus enim ferme sunsus communis in illa For...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to the rank of the offender. [Lat.,...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Satire is what closes Saturday night.
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
It is difficult not to write satire. [Lat., Difficile est satiram non scribere.]
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason. [Lat., Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit pro ratione...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
In their palate alone is their reason of existence. [Lat., In solo vivendi causa palata est.]
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Who'd bear to hear the Gracchi chide sedition? (Listen to those who denounce what they do themselv...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Whence do you derive the power and privilege of a parent, when you, though an old man, do worse thi...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
What is there that you enter upon so favorably as not to repent of the undertaking and the accompli...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
With thumb turned. [Lat., Verso pollice.]
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
We are all easily taught to imitate what is base and depraved. [Lat., Dociles imitandis Turpib...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body. [Lat., Orandum est ut sit mens sana in c...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Generally, common sense is rare in the (higher) rank. [Lat., Rarus enim ferme sensus communis in i...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Man, wretched man, whene'er he stoops to sin, Feels, with the act, a strong remorse within.
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
And though you duck them ne'er so long, Not one salt drop e'er wets their tongue; On eagles' w...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
And there's a lust in man no charm can tame Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame; On eag...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for. [Lat., Orandum est, ut sit mens sana in ...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow. [Lat., Felix ille tamen corvo quoque rarior albo.]
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Fond man! though all the heroes of your line Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine ...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Go, madman! rush over the wildest Alps, that you may please children and be made the subject of de...
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Everything is Greek, when it is more shameful to be ignorant of Latin. [Lat., Omnia Graece! C...
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Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not exceed proper bounds, but be in proport...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
For He, who gave this vast machine to roll, Breathed Life in then, in us a Reasoning Soul; Tha...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.
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The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an ignorant friend and the face of a deform...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish. [Lat., Potuit fortasse minoria P...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
What is more cruel than a tyrant's ear? [Lat., Quid violentius aure tyranni?]
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part. [Lat., Lingua mali pars pessima servi.]
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
To eat at another's table is your ambition's height. [Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL)
Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go. [Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit...
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