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Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure. ↗

— George H. Mead

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It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found. ↗

— Moliere

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The law often allows what honor forbids. ↗

— Bernard Joseph Saurin

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We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and seizures, but unreasonable searches and seizures. ↗

— Potter Stewart

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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman. ↗

— Mencius

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