Law is the art of the good and the equitable.
Celsus in Digesta, 1, 1, 1
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There is no legal obligation to perform impossibilities.
Knowing the laws does not mean knowing their words, but their intent and purpose.
It is not artful to judge or to counsel based on a snippet of the law, without taking into consideration the law in its entirety.