"Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke"
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
About this Quote
This quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. is a metaphor for the work of legal representatives. It suggests that legal representatives frequently invest a lot of their time handling matters that are not concrete or concrete. They often have to deal with abstract principles, such as legal principles, and try to make sense of them. This can be a difficult and lengthy task, as it is typically hard to make sense of something that is not concrete. The quote indicates that lawyers frequently need to work hard to understand something that is not easily understood, and that this can be a hard and lengthy task. To put it simply, legal representatives typically have to "shovel smoke" in order to understand the law.
This quote is written / told by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. between March 8, 1841 and March 6, 1935. He was a famous Jurist from USA, the quote is categorized under the topic Legal. The author also have 33 other quotes.
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