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, since that time he [sc. Zeus] attached no penalty for men to an oath taken in the secret works of Aphrodite; TIBULLUSElegies
III. vi. 49
periuria ridet amantum Iuppiter
, Jupiter laughs at lovers' perjuries;
a
1500
in W. W. Skeat
Chaucerian & Other Pieces
(1897) 311 Your [lovers'] othes laste No lenger than the wordes ben ago! And god, and eke his sayntes, laughe also.
c1550
tr.
A.S. Piccolomini's Lady Lucres
E4
V
Pacorus .. confesseth the faut asketh forgeuenes and .. ryghte well knewe he that Jupyter rather laughethe, then taketh angerlye the periuringe of louers.
c
1595
Romeo & Juliet
II. ii. 92
At lovers' perjuries, They say Jove laughs.
1700
Poems
(1958) IV. 1487
Love endures no Tie, And Jove but laughs at Lovers Perjury!
1922
Evening Standard
17 Oct. 5
Perjury in the Divorce Court has been openly permitted to the upper classes for many years, following the maxim .. that ‘Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury’.
1973
Black Prince
III. 299
Zeus, they say, mocks lovers' oaths.
love
No one should be JUDGE in his own cause
Cf. the Latin legal maxim:
nemo debet esse iudex in propria causa
, no one should be judge in his own cause; also
1604
SHAKESPEARE
Measure for Measure
v.i. 166 In this I'll be impartial; be you judge Of your own cause.
c
1449
Repressor of Blaming of Clergy
(1860) II. 381
Noman oughte be iuge in his owne cause which he hath anentis [against] his neighbour.
1775
Letter
3 Nov. (1931) VI. 186
No man is a good judge in his own cause. I believe I am tolerably impartial.
1928
Times
22 Aug. 9.
The principle that no judge could be a judge in his own case was generally accepted. The chairman of a meeting was in a quasi-judicial capacity.
1981
Daily Telegraph
16 May 18
The maxim that no one should be judge in his own cause.
law and lawyers
nemo debet esse iudex in propria causa
, no one should be judge in his own cause; also
1604
SHAKESPEARE
Measure for Measure
v.i. 166 In this I'll be impartial; be you judge Of your own cause.
c1449
Repressor of Blaming of Clergy
(1860) II. 381
Noman oughte be iuge in his owne cause which he hath anentis [against] his neighbour.
1775
Letter
3 Nov. (1931) VI. 186
No man is a good judge in his own cause. I believe I am tolerably impartial.
1928
Times
22 Aug. 9.
The principle that no judge could be a judge in his own case was generally accepted. The chairman of a meeting was in a quasi-judicial capacity.
1981
Daily Telegraph
16 May 18
The maxim that no one should be judge in his own cause.
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