The law is not a "light" fo... by Robert Bolt, a British Playwright

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“The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely.”

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Robert Bolt

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Name: Robert Bolt

Nationality: British

Date of Birth: Aug 15, 1924

Date of Death: Feb 12, 1995

Profession: Playwright

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The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely.

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It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales!

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Good marriages are made in heaven. Or some such place.

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Death comes for us all. Even for kings he comes.

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Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh.

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