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There's a dictum that hard cases make for bad law.
Once upon a time I'd been good at following that dictum.
However, this was expressed in the dicta of the decision.
Remember the old dictum: Before you go out, look at the mirror and take off one piece.
There is much about which we cannot issue definitive dicta.
The dictum in writing classes used to be "write what you know."
I appeal to the young of today: read me old books: the Dicta.
Much has changed since Churchill's time, but not the truth of this dictum.
But she now sticks to the classic dictum of writing what you know.
These dicta, moreover, will be different according to the era that makes them.
They are, in fact, fashion's answer to the architectural dictum that less is more.
The old design dictum "form follows function" was never so true as here.
Indeed, nearly anyone hearing the famous dictum out of context would do so.
The old dictum has it that people get the governments they deserve.
And how often had he strained that dictum past the breaking point?
For this reason alone, her dictum that the best survive is suspect.
Hostilities did not end with the publication of the Dictum.
You just don't mess with the press, that had always been the dictum.
Here, the dictum of education, a two way street applies; health professionals learn also from the patients.
These dicta as a rule was placed in the top of the carpet.
This dictum is more familiar in its application to grammar.
There were however some dicta supporting a wider review power.
She recalled the old dictum: How can you tell when a lawyer's lying?
It was a dictum that had served him well all during his long career in academia.
And were among the first people of the world to understand the dictum "Buyer beware!"