If A Town Has One Lawyer, He Starves; If It Has Two Lawyers, They Both Get Rich.

If A Town Has One Lawyer, He Starves; If It Has Two Lawyers, They Both Get Rich.

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If a town has one lawyer, he starves; if it has two lawyers, they
both get rich.

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A small town that cannot support one lawyer can always support two.
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. -- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
On 8/13/91 lawyer Dan Quayle tells the American Bar Association that the US has too many lawyers.
He is quickly scolded by another speaker. -- reported in Esquire 8/92...
When a lawyer tells his clients he has a sliding fee schedule what he means is that after he bills you it's financially hard to get back on your feet.
A politician has to be able to see both sides of an issue, so he can get around it.
Lawyers and hookers -- both hired to get their clients off.
It is not the one with many possessions who is rich, but the one who has no needs. -- Philoxeno
He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.