Tuesday, 27 September 2022

"Laws are like cobwebs ... "


“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” 
~ Jonathan Swift, from his 1707 essay 'A Critical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind' [hat tip Meg Smaker]

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