Note ii-8 — Chapter II · TRUTH IN LAW

This principle was recognized as early as Cicero’s time. In his Ninth Philippic, eulogizing Servius Sulpicius, that most profound of Roman advocates, the orator said, according to Forsyth’s version: “He did not consider himself a lawyer rather than a servant of justice, and his constant endeavor was to temper the severity of law, by reference to principles of equity. He had less pleasure in advising that actions should be brought, than in removing all cause for litigation.”