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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire. ↗

— Quintilian

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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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Men of authority have employed all the destructive agents around them to promote their own personal interests at the sacrifice of every just, honorable, and lawful consideration. ↗

— John White Geary

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Freedom is limited by the need to coexist. ↗

— Toba Beta

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