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date: 18 January 2025

Lord Bowen 1835–94
English judge 

  1. The man on the Clapham omnibus.
    the average man
    in Law Reports (1903); attributed
  2. When I hear of an ‘equity’ in a case like this, I am reminded of a blind man in a dark room—looking for a black hat—which isn't there.
    John Alderson Foote Pie-Powder (1911)
  3. The rain, it raineth on the just
    And also on the unjust fella:
    But chiefly on the just, because
    The unjust steals the just's umbrella.
     
    Walter Sichel Sands of Time (1923) ch. 4: see Bible