Quotes About Misapply

For whan a man hath over-greet a wit,Ful oft hym happeth to mysusen it.

he none the less argued that 'an avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty' because it can accustom a nation 'to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws'.

Upon my word, Emma, to hear you abusing the reason you have, is almost enough to make me think so too. Better be without sense than misapply it as you do.

Better be without sense, than misapply it as you do.