Lawyer Jokes Etcetera: Proverbs

Home is home, as the devil said when he found himself in the Court of Session.

English

A lawyer's opinion is worth nothing unless paid for.

English

A client twixt his attorney and counsellor is like a goose twixt two foxes.

English

A good lawyer, an evil neighbor.

English, French, Spanish

Preachers purge the conscience, doctors the body, lawyers the purse.

German

Lawyers and soldiers are the devil's playmates.

German

Go to law for a sheep and lose your cow.

German

A lawyer and a wagon-wheel must be well greased.

German

New laws are followed by new tricks.

German

The better lawyer, the worse Christian.

Dutch

"Virtue is in the middle," said the devil, as he sat down between two lawyers.

Danish

Lawyers and painters can soon change black to white.

Danish

One goes to court with one lawsuit and comes home with two.

Danish

Love all men—but not lawyers.

Italian

A lawsuit is a fruit-tree planted in a lawyer's garden.

Italian

A bad agreement is better than a good lawyer.

Italian

The priest's friend loses his faith, the doctor's his health, the lawyer's his fortune.

Venetian

A happy death is better than a lawsuit.

Spanish

It is better to be a mouse in a cat's mouth than a man in a lawyer's hands.

Spanish

A peasant between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.

Catalan

Law is a flag and gold is the wind that makes it wave.

Russian

When God wanted to chastise man He invented lawyers.

Russian

It's better to enter the mouth of a tiger than a court of law.

Chinese