Quotes About Justice

It was only then that he met Villefort's dull gaze, that look peculiar to men of the law who do not want anyone to read their thoughts, and so make their eyes into unpolished glass. The look reminded him that he was standing before Justice, a figure of grim aspect and manners.

Really, monsieur, I should regard you as a coward, and a traitor too, if I did not, with greater justice, regard you as a madman.

It was a murder, nothing more. Athos

A man has carried off your mistress, a man has seduced your wife, a man has dishonored your daughter; he has rendered the whole life of one who had the right to expect from heaven that portion of happiness God has promised to every one of his creatures, an existence of misery and infamy; and you think you are avenged because you send a ball through the head, or pass a sword through the breast, of that man who has planted madness in your brain, and despair in your heart.

unless wicked ideas take root in a naturally depraved mind, human nature, in a right and wholesome state, revolts at crime.

He felt he had passed beyond the bounds of vengeance, and that he could no longer say, God is for and with me.

This idea was one of vengeance to me, and I tasted it slowly in the night of my dungeon and the despair of my captivity.

The wicked do not die in that way: God seems to take them under his protection to use them as the instruments of his vengeance.

He told himself that it was the hatred of men, not the vengeance of God, which had plunged him into the abyss where he now found himself.

Yes; but one gets out of prison, said Caderousse, who, with what sense was left him, listened eagerly to the conversation, and when one gets out and one's name is Edmond Dantes, one seeks revenge

If they do not bring peace, we shall give them death.

human justice is sadly lacking in consolation; it can only sheed blood in exchange for blood.

I am the spectre of an unfortunate man whom you locked up in the dungeons of the Château d'If. When this spectre finally emerged from its tomb, God put on it the mask of the Count of Monte Cristo and showered it with diamonds and gold so that you should not recognize it until today.

Bu kutsal bir sözdür, iyi bilirim: polis hata yapt???nda iz üzerinde olduÄŸunu söyler, hükümet de, polisin süklüm püklüm gelip izin yok olduÄŸunu söyleyeceÄŸi güne kadar sakin sakin bekler.

Why does not God, if he really hates the wicked, as he is said to do, send down brimstone and fire, and consume them altogether?" "You

I am the one whom you sold, betrayed and dishonoured. I am the one whose fiancée you prostituted. I am the one on whom you trampled in order to attain a fortune. I am the one whose father you condemned to starvation, and the one who condemned you to starvation, but who none the less forgives you, because he himself needs forgiveness. I am Edmond Dantès!

Some virtues, when taken to the extreme, become crimes.

It was in this room and at the apothecary Glazer's that Sainte-Croix made his experiments; but in accordance with poetical justice, the manipulation of the poisons proved fatal to the workers themselves. The apothecary fell ill and died; Martin was attacked by fearful sickness, which brought, him to death's door. Sainte-Croix was unwell, and could not even go out, though he did not know what was the matter.

M. Morrel realized that there was no sense in trying to argue in the circumstances: a commissioner wearing his sash is no longer a man but a statue of the law, cold, deaf and dumb.

Înainte de a-È›i fi fric?, vezi just; când È›i-e fric?, vezi dublu; iar dup? ce È›i-a fost fric?, vezi tulbure.

ni?an kurdelesini takm?? bir komiser art?k bir insan de?ildir, yasan?n so?uk, sa??r ve dilsiz heykelidir.

Justum et tenacem propositi virum.

And now, madame, try to make your peace with God, for you are judged by men!

We are often criminals in the eyes of the earth, not only for having committed crimes, but because we know that crimes have been committed.