# Quote — Charles Dickens, Bleak House

> Jarndyce and Jarndyce drones on. This scarecrow of a suit has, in course of time, become so complicated that no man alive knows what it means. The parties to it understand it least, but it has been observed that no two Chancery lawyers can talk about it for five minutes without coming to a total disagreement as to all the premises.

- Author: [Charles Dickens](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens.md)
- Book: [Bleak House](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens/bleak-house.md)
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