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Summum ius, summa iniuria
cicero— Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice
— Book I, section 10, 33.
Circumretit enim vis atque iniuria quemque, atque, unde exortast, at eum plerumque revertit.
lucretius— Violence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began.Book V, line 1152.
Circumretit enim vis atque iniuria quemque, atque, unde exortast, at eum plerumque revertit.
— Book V, line 1152.
Mores autem graves in spectaculis quis requirat? ad circum nesciunt convenire Catones. quicquid illic a gaudenti populo dicitur, iniuria non putatur. locus est qui defendit excessum. quorum garrulitas si patienter accipitur, ipsos quoque principes ornare monstratur.
— But who looks for serious conduct at the public shows? A Cato never goes to the circus. Anything said there by the people as they celebrate should be deemed no injury. It is a place that protects excesses. Patient acceptance of their chatter is a proven glory of princes themselves.
— Bk. 1, no. 27; p. 19.
Summum ius, summa iniuria
— Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice
— Book I, section 10, 33.
Nulla iniuria est, quæ in volentem fiat.
— No injury is committed against one who consents.
— Pandects, Bk. 47, title 10, section 1, quoting Ulpian, On the Edict, Bk. 56. [6]
— Often quoted as "Volenti non fit injuria".
