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Too Many Laws, Too Few Examples

posted by [personal profile] sbisson at 10:18pm on 30/06/2006

Too Many Laws, Too Few Examples
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A rather apt inscription on a wall in Bond Street.

London
June 2006
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posted by [identity profile] tanais.livejournal.com at 06:12am on 01/07/2006
Yes but what does it mean? Without knowing anything about it, its awfully... open to interpretation...
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posted by [identity profile] therealdrhyde.livejournal.com at 09:39am on 03/07/2006
It's a variation on something Seneca is purported to have said - "Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla". Or in English, "the way is made long [and difficult] by rules, short and efficient by example".
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posted by [identity profile] marypcb.livejournal.com at 09:44pm on 03/07/2006
it's from the writings of a French revolutionary, one of the Saint-Justs. I'd say interpretation is what it's asking for. Is it, in fact, an example?!
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