Then the law to him Is like a foul
black cobweb to a spider; He makes it his
dwelling, and a prison To entangle those
shall feed him.
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Words, as a Tartar's bow, do shoot back upon the understanding of the wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert the judgment.
Francis BaconWritten laws are like spiders' webs, and will like them only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.